Operating system Windows Joplin version 3.4.12 Desktop version info 3.4.12 Sync target Dropbox Editor Rich Text Editor What issue do you have? Joplin closes after a few seconds, no error messages,nothing. It just closes

This is a pre-release that you can get from here: [image] Release v3.5.4 · laurent22/joplin New: Add support for mixed case tags (#12931 by @mrjo118) New: Add write() method to Plugin Clipboard API (#13348 by @bwat47) Improved: Accessibility: Disable sync icon animation when reduce moti…

Can you post error messages from logfile? You’ll find it in your home directory as .config/joplin-desktop/log.txt

I don’t have that path in Windows.. [joplin]

I have the same issue. Win 11. Windows event log shows an entry every time Joplin window closes [20251014_Win11_Event_MS windows security auditing_1]

Which error messages from the log file do you need Horvat?

it will be under C:\Users\YOUR-WINDOWS-USER\.config\joplin-desktop

I habe Joplin-desktop 3.4.12 installed. [20251014_System-Info_2]

based on one of the comments in this issue, you might try updating to the 3.5.4 pre-release: Joplin terminates approx 35 seconds after initialization opened 12:09PM - 12 Oct 25 UTC (UTC) [image] …

Could anyone find a download for that 3.5.4 version?

@cochabambinito , was that the first time you installed Joplin? Or was that an upgrade? And does it work with 3.5?

Joplin closes after a few seconds

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pjsmith 21 October 2025 11:28 12

I may have the same error, but I know what it is, and have a workaround if so, here Joplin crashes shortly after launch

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Joplin closes after a few seconds

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