# Cannot launch the Flatpak version on Fedora KDE 43
**URL:** https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/cannot-launch-the-flatpak-version-on-fedora-kde-43/48122
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [19 December 2025 15:40 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/cannot-launch-the-flatpak-version-on-fedora-kde-43/48122 "2025-12-19T15:40:15Z")
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### Author:  [@extreme-confusion](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/extreme-confusion)
#### Post date: [19 December 2025 15:40 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/cannot-launch-the-flatpak-version-on-fedora-kde-43/48122/1 "2025-12-19T15:40:15Z")
### Operating system
Linux
### Joplin version
3.3.12
### Sync target
Dropbox
### What issue do you have?
The app automatically closes without even launching.
Launching it through terminal returns the following:
`LaunchProcess: failed to execvp: xdg-settings Sentry: Initialized with autoUploadCrashDumps: false`
In the meantime, `rpm -q xdg-utils` returns:
`xdg-utils-1.2.1-4.fc43.noarch`
What should I do to fix this?
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### Author:  [@ravi.makhija.pi](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/ravi.makhija.pi)
#### Post date: [19 December 2025 17:52 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/cannot-launch-the-flatpak-version-on-fedora-kde-43/48122/2 "2025-12-19T17:52:25Z")
One thing to try is removing `~/.config/joplin-desktop/` files, as described here:
> [@Joplin refuses to work on Fedora KDE 43](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-refuses-to-work-on-fedora-kde-43/48045):
>
> Operating system Linux Joplin version 3.3.12 Sync target Dropbox What issue do you have? Ever since I upgraded from Fedora KDE 42 to 43. I am receiving this message. I have installed Joplin from flathub, but other versions other provide this message or flat out refuse to launch. I even uninstalled Joplin and removed its data, only to receive the same message... Screenshots Log file [joplin\_crash\_dump\_20251208T193604.json](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/uploads/short-url/2i9kMn4cnBQUX7t1yG2xT8OMWtx.json) (4.83 KB) [joplin\_crash\_dump\_20251208…](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/uploads/short-url/2i9kMn4cnBQUX7t1yG2xT8OMWtx.json)
Let us know if it works for you.
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### Author:  [@extreme-confusion](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/extreme-confusion)
#### Post date: [19 December 2025 18:35 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/cannot-launch-the-flatpak-version-on-fedora-kde-43/48122/3 "2025-12-19T18:35:46Z")
I have already done this and it fixed the problem, for a few days, at least. Now the issue is different, unfortunately.
However, performing a system update somehow fixed it again, hopefully, for good this time.
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### Author:  [@extreme-confusion](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/extreme-confusion)
#### Post date: [22 December 2025 21:04 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/cannot-launch-the-flatpak-version-on-fedora-kde-43/48122/5 "2025-12-22T21:04:30Z")
It came back again. This is what I had to do to fix it:
> sudo rm /usr/local/bin/xdg-settings
> hash -r # Clear shell cache
> which xdg-settings # Now shows /usr/bin/xdg-settings
> flatpak override --user --filesystem=/usr/bin net.cozic.joplin\_desktop
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [21 January 2026 21:05 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/cannot-launch-the-flatpak-version-on-fedora-kde-43/48122/6 "2026-01-21T21:05:11Z")
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