# Processing Crashes when I try to open a file

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-crashes-when-i-try-to-open-a-file/4296
**Category:** Processing
**Created:** [October 9, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-crashes-when-i-try-to-open-a-file/4296 "2018-10-09T20:07:09Z")
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### Author: ![Tibsmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@Tibsmith](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Tibsmith)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-crashes-when-i-try-to-open-a-file/4296/1 "2018-10-09T20:07:09Z")

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As the title says, processing crashes immediatley when I try to open a sketch and returns a Null.Pointer.Exception error and will not respond. I am using Linux Solus and have been using this program fine until one day this happened. Not sure how to work around it or if theres a serious bug in an update.

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### Author: ![Eeyorelife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/439d5e/32.png) [@Eeyorelife](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Eeyorelife)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-crashes-when-i-try-to-open-a-file/4296/2 "2018-10-09T21:08:01Z")

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Are you opening a specific sketch or just any sketch?

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### Author: ![Quillbert1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f475e1/32.png) [@Quillbert1](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Quillbert1)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-crashes-when-i-try-to-open-a-file/4296/3 "2018-10-10T02:57:01Z")

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Just to clarify, this is to open a file and not run a sketch, right?