# ParaView hangs when I click Open File

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-hangs-when-i-click-open-file/4333
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 14, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-hangs-when-i-click-open-file/4333 "2020-05-14T19:29:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Henry\_Han](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/henry_han/32/3746_2.png) [@Henry\_Han](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Henry_Han)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-hangs-when-i-click-open-file/4333/1 "2020-05-14T19:29:36Z")

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Everything has worked fine until this morning. When I click the Open File button, the program hangs but I don’t get a windows program not responding error. Just everything is greyed out. Already tried restarting and disconnecting network drive. I installed a video driver update recently, could that be the issue? I’m using version 5.2.0. Any help is appreciated.

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-hangs-when-i-click-open-file/4333/2 "2020-05-14T19:31:23Z")

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Um … 5.2.0 is old as sand. Maybe try an update?

Try resetting ParaView to default. Edit/ Reset to Default Settings.

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-hangs-when-i-click-open-file/4333/3 "2020-05-14T19:31:58Z")

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Oh, and welcome to the ParaView community!