# Processing stuck at splash screen, what's next?

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-stuck-at-splash-screen-whats-next/729>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [June 5, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-stuck-at-splash-screen-whats-next/729 "2018-06-05T15:44:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ourocurro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/df788c/32.png) [@ourocurro](https://discourse.processing.org/u/ourocurro)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-stuck-at-splash-screen-whats-next/729/1 "2018-06-05T15:44:23Z")

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Hi I just came here because there is an error of Processing from the downloaded file.I try to open by double clicking processing.exe after unzipping to a new folder. The file opens but after the splash screen it does absolutely nothing.  
Does anyone know about this issue. I tried everything!!!

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**Author:** ![dan850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@dan850](https://discourse.processing.org/u/dan850)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-stuck-at-splash-screen-whats-next/729/2 "2018-06-05T17:53:28Z")

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Hi @ourocurro I’ve seen this when a newer version of processing is running on an old operating system. But may not always be the case. What are your computer specs?

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**Author:** ![ourocurro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/df788c/32.png) [@ourocurro](https://discourse.processing.org/u/ourocurro)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-stuck-at-splash-screen-whats-next/729/3 "2018-06-05T19:54:20Z")

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My apologies. the computer is a Windows 7 X64 but the only matter is that I could have known better to go ahead and unzip the folder, MAJOR MISTAKE. Self-taught mistake but it went wrong. Thanks and all’s good now, no worries!! 🕶

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**Author:** ![dan850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@dan850](https://discourse.processing.org/u/dan850)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-stuck-at-splash-screen-whats-next/729/4 "2018-06-05T20:56:30Z")

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Glad you were able to solve the issue. Some programs you can run without unzipping which can make it confusing at times. Best of luck on your projects 🙂