[Paraview] [Help!] Paraview GUI does not start (closes automatically)

[Joe]

David,

  The problem is now solved. It appears that ParaView does not work with Python 3? Is this true? 

  While I tried calling ParaView from Maltab, I got error message like this: 
     File "C:\Python34\Lib\site.py", line 176
            file = sys.stderr)
                  ^
     SyntaxError: invalid syntax

  which according to a post on Stack Overflow, indicates an error occurring when trying to run Python 3 script using Python 2 interpreter. 

  I then removed Python path from PATH variable and also removed PYTHONPATH variable and ParaView was working again. 

  So is it true that ParaView is not compatible with Python 3? 

Joe


On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 2:04 PM, Joe <chaoyuan at yahoo.com> wrote:
 


Thanks for the response, David.

What you suggested did change the symptom a bit. After I remove the ini file, I was able to see the Paraview logo appear after I execute it, which I did not see prior to the removal. 

However, the window still doesn't show up. Is there anything else I can do? 

Joe


On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 1:34 PM, David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com> wrote:
 


Try removing your paraview settings.
On windows this should be at:%APPDATA%\ParaView\ParaView4.2.0.ini

Elsewhere it is at:
~/.config/Paraview/ParaView4.2.0.ini 


David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
21 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Joe via ParaView <paraview at paraview.org> wrote:

Hi all,
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>  I started using Paraview (4.2.0) about a couple months ago and it was working normally. I don't know exactly when this problem begin because I don't use Paraview everyday but now when I double click on Paraview.exe, no window pops up anymore. Using process monitor, I could see that Paraview.exe does a few things on my computer but I couldn't figure out what went wrong. 
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>   I'm running Paraview 4.2.0 64-bit on Windows 7 Ultimate. I scanned my computer for virus and malware and got rid of whatever they found. But the problem remains. 
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>   I don't know if this is relevant but I installed Qt 5.3.2 some time ago. I tried removing Qt and installed Paraview again but it didn't help. I also tried removing my antivirus program and installed Paraview again. It also did not help. 
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>  Has anyone run into this problem before? Any thoughts on how this problem can be solved or how I can troubleshoot this? 
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>Joe
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