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#1

I'm new. Thought I'd try Joplin. I loaded Joplin 1.7.10 on an old Mac and everything seems fine. I loaded 1.7.11 onto a little traveling ASUS laptop running Windows 8.1 and it only shows a blank screen on start up. I loaded an earlier version and get the same result. I get the following from the Console tab of the Developer Tools. … Well I cut it off because it was really long but will gladly provide the whole thing … Thank you for any fix.

from the Console tab:

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:961 Uncaught Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Program Files\Joplin\resources\app.asar\node_modules@joplin\lib\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\binding\napi-v3-win32-ia32\node_sqlite3.node'
Require stack:

  • C:\Program Files\Joplin\resources\app.asar\node_modules@joplin\lib\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\sqlite3-binding.js
  • C:\Program Files\Joplin\resources\app.asar\node_modules@joplin\lib\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\sqlite3.js
  • C:\Program Files\Joplin\resources\app.asar\node_modules@joplin\lib\database-driver-node.js
  • C:\Program Files\Joplin\resources\app.asar\node_modules@joplin\lib\BaseApplication.js
  • C:\Program Files\Joplin\resources\app.asar\app.js
  • C:\Program Files\Joplin\resources\app.asar\index.html
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:961)
    at Function.i._resolveFilename (electron/js2c/renderer_init.js:39)
    at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:844)
    at Function.Module._load (electron/js2c/asar.js:769)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1023)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:77)
#2

Is your OS 32 or 64 bit? Looks similar to White window Windows 10 · Issue #4361 · laurent22/joplin · GitHub
Can you also try the portable version? It works for me on Win 8.1 x64

#3

32 bit OS. x64-based processor. Tiny ASUS laptop if that matters. Thx

#4

As suggested in the issue I linked, can you try a few different versions (probably easier with portable) to see which version is the first that has this issue?

#5

I plan to try the portable version. Hope it works. Thx. Guess I’ll give some old ones a chance if it doesn’t. Thx some more.

from phone

#6

Tried currently linked version of portable Joplin with same results. It won't shut down either - have use Task Manager to shut it down. Oh well. I'll try a couple more times with some older portable Joplins if I can find them. Thx for the suggestions.

#7

You can find older versions here: Releases · laurent22/joplin · GitHub

#8

Snagged an older portable version, 1.1.1, and it seems to be working on this old Windows 8.1 ASUS laptop. Thx for suggestions and time.

#9

No problem.
If you have time, can you try a few other versions in between? Would be good to understand where it broke.