# Paraview crashing

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashing/7768
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [August 5, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashing/7768 "2021-08-05T05:04:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Rezaul\_Tharim](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/rezaul_tharim/32/7300_2.png) [@Rezaul\_Tharim](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Rezaul_Tharim)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashing/7768/1 "2021-08-05T05:04:28Z")

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Any time I try to open a file with Paraview 5.8.1 or paraview 5.9.1, it just crashes and shuts down. Only Paraview 5.8.0 seems to be working for me.

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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: [August 5, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashing/7768/2 "2021-08-05T08:38:34Z")

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No warnings or errors ?  
Are you able to create a source ?  
Please share About → Config

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### Author: ![Rezaul\_Tharim](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/rezaul_tharim/32/7300_2.png) [@Rezaul\_Tharim](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Rezaul_Tharim)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashing/7768/3 "2021-08-06T09:24:32Z")

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5.9.1 MPI shows these errors when I try to open it:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a6c0af7b31b0a56c6ae282469cfa74d6d3b09762.png)  
 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/59af2da11e9e5093b267856cf39a8b4dc2f95015.png)  
 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/26bc83b883eb8a11515b3cb68579959ed856c8a5.png)

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### Author: ![Rezaul\_Tharim](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/rezaul_tharim/32/7300_2.png) [@Rezaul\_Tharim](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Rezaul_Tharim)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashing/7768/4 "2021-08-06T09:35:09Z")

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For version 5.9.1 (without MPI), it crashes as soon as I try to open my vtk files.

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e19ecbe4894c00b310c27de45b2d085b4a816643.png)

Client Information:  
Version: 5.9.1  
VTK Version:  
Qt Version: 5.15.1  
vtkIdType size: 64bits  
Embedded Python: On  
Python Library Path: C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.9.1-Windows-Python3.8-msvc2017-64bit\bin\lib  
Python Library Version: 3.8.6 (tags/v3.8.6:db45529, Sep 23 2020, 15:52:53) [MSC v.1927 64 bit (AMD64)]  
Python Numpy Support: On  
Python Numpy Path: C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.9.1-Windows-Python3.8-msvc2017-64bit\bin\Lib\site-packages\numpy  
Python Numpy Version: 1.19.2  
Python Matplotlib Support: On  
Python Matplotlib Path: C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.9.1-Windows-Python3.8-msvc2017-64bit\bin\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib  
Python Matplotlib Version: 3.2.1  
Python Testing: Off  
MPI Enabled: Off  
Disable Registry: Off  
Test Directory:  
Data Directory:  
OpenGL Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation  
OpenGL Version: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 471.41  
OpenGL Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2

Connection Information:  
Remote Connection: No