# Can't run Processing

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-run-processing/33294
**Category:** Processing
**Created:** [November 3, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-run-processing/33294 "2021-11-03T22:00:50Z")
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### Author: ![yalaniv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7993a0/32.png) [@yalaniv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/yalaniv)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-run-processing/33294/1 "2021-11-03T22:00:50Z")

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Recently I had to replace my Hdd, so I had to download processing again.  
Since then, I cannot run it, because it only shows the small black intro screen for a second, and it shut down.

Any ideas?

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### Author: ![UnusualUsual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@UnusualUsual](https://discourse.processing.org/u/UnusualUsual)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-run-processing/33294/2 "2021-11-10T05:55:41Z")

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I had the same problem when I first was introduced to processing, so I just used a different IDE.