# Processing freezes when stopping a sketch

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-freezes-when-stopping-a-sketch/6090>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [November 29, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-freezes-when-stopping-a-sketch/6090 "2018-11-29T22:49:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![TheZipCreator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/thezipcreator/32/15979_2.png) [@TheZipCreator](https://discourse.processing.org/u/TheZipCreator)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-freezes-when-stopping-a-sketch/6090/1 "2018-11-29T22:49:48Z")

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So, whenever I press “start” on a sketch, nothing happens. When I press “stop”, processing freezes and no longer appears on task manager.

This happens with all of my sketches

I use Windows 64-bit

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**Author:** ![Pr0tonX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/pr0tonx/32/2590_2.png) [@Pr0tonX](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Pr0tonX)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-freezes-when-stopping-a-sketch/6090/2 "2018-11-30T00:42:18Z")

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What does your console says ?

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**Author:** ![lil\_san](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@lil\_san](https://discourse.processing.org/u/lil_san)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-freezes-when-stopping-a-sketch/6090/3 "2020-09-25T13:30:12Z")

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I have exactly the same problem and the console says nothing… please, can u help me ?