# Exporting program doesnt seem to work properly

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/exporting-program-doesnt-seem-to-work-properly/7044>\
**Category:** Libraries\
**Created:** [December 31, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/exporting-program-doesnt-seem-to-work-properly/7044 "2018-12-31T05:07:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![kll](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kll/32/964_2.png) [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/exporting-program-doesnt-seem-to-work-properly/7044/2 "2019-01-01T03:11:08Z")

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happy new year…

> [@siccoblue](#):
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> i wanted to just make this a simple program that i could possibly run on startup without much fuss, rather than having to manually start it through the IDE every time i boot, i exported it as an exe and didnt run into any issues, but when i actually run the program nothing seems to happen.

well, and then why you not do a 5 line program to test about the procedure

- write and save some example code ( using processing IDE 3.4 )
- export ( with what settings )
- start the exe ( what exe from what directory ) from file manager  
( so when you talk exe, do you use windows? version? )
- start that from a autostart directory after boot / login

and describe all that very detailed here so your question is understood.

now above assumes that your posted code runs from IDE  
without problem and can be ignored by us?  
if it not runs at all, need more description about errors and what line that error comes up…  
possibly screen shots…

but if you use like

- raspberry pi computer with RASPBIAN operating system  
[3D terrain standalone display project - #5 by kll](https://discourse.processing.org/t/3d-terrain-standalone-display-project/4162/5)
- windows  
[Processing compiled .exe will not start in win7 startup folder - #2 by kll](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-compiled-exe-will-not-start-in-win7-startup-folder/6450/2)

might help.

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