Restore old version [Win] (v1.0.214 -> v1.0.201)

From: v1.0.201
To: v1.0.214

Windows 10

So I just got the notification of an update this morning and updated and now Joplin won’t open, won’t launch. I’ve tried the debugging steps but again no launch. Can I just download the 201 installer and run that to go back? If I uninstall Joplin will I lose my notes? What steps can I run to go back for now.

What’s not working? Do you get an error, or is it a while window? If it’s a white window, please open in Help menu (or maybe Tools) and copy the content of the console here.

Getting absolutely no response at all

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Did you try restarting your computer? In case Windows has a lock on a file or something.

I actually did but I’ll try again after this phone call in 10-20m.

Similar Issue here https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/3250

I see you’re running the app from Program Files, which maybe is causing some permission issues. What if you uninstall the app, then re-install it to the default directory (in User folder)?

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so my first concern was can I uninstall and not lose my DB. I’ll take it from your suggestion that the DB will be fine. I’ll try that. Though I just did the regular install like I did the first time. I did see an option to install for All Users or just that user and I picked All Users as that was the default. I’ll report back what happens if I pick just that user.