# Paraview crash 3 seconds after opening (windows server)

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crash-3-seconds-after-opening-windows-server/11188
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [January 17, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crash-3-seconds-after-opening-windows-server/11188 "2023-01-17T15:22:16Z")
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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crash-3-seconds-after-opening-windows-server/11188/4 "2023-01-20T08:23:26Z")

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> [@Error when opening ParaView via Remote Desktop Connection](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-when-opening-paraview-via-remote-desktop-connection/9961/2):
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> Hello Nathan, What remote desktop software do you use? Is it Windows to Windows? I think this is a Windows RDP issue. I believe RDP does not support OpenGL beyond 1. You’ll need to run with Mesa when using ParaView remotely. Mathieu Westphal wrote how to get this to work in 2020. It may work for you. [https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-mesa-on-windows/4321](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-mesa-on-windows/4321) Good luck, Patrick

> [@How to run ParaView (including the binary release) using Mesa on Windows](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-mesa-on-windows/4321):
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> Mesa is an alternative OpenGL implementation that let you run graphic application while not using your GPU driver. It can be very useful for a number of cases : GPU is unsupported by OS ([Old intel GPU](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-not-supported-in-windows-10-and-intel-hd-graphics-card-glew-could-not-be-intialized-missing-gl-version/2701)) GPU driver is incompatible with ParaView for some reasons ([Intel Driver current issue](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/19364)) The OpenGL version provided by the driver is not high enough ([VM](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opengl-in-vmware-with-windows-guest/218/3), [Remote Desktop](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/19057)) ParaView has been shipped with Mesa on Linux and MacOS for a long time, but building it on Windows is not something we have b…

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