# Paraview not opening data from OpenFoam

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-opening-data-from-openfoam/5331
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 13, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-opening-data-from-openfoam/5331 "2020-09-13T23:50:34Z")
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### Author: ![brocklee](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@brocklee](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/brocklee)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-opening-data-from-openfoam/5331/1 "2020-09-13T23:50:34Z")

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Hi everyone!

I’m pretty new to OpenFoam and paraview, and I got everything I needed installed and everything appears to work fine, except I run into an issue when launching ParaView with the ‘paraFoam’ command.

I’m running Windows 10, and I followed this guide exactly:

> **[OpenFOAM for Windows 10](https://openfoam.org/download/windows-10/)**
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> The packaged versions of OpenFOAM for Ubuntu can be installed directly on Windows 10 using the "Windows Subsystem for Linux"

  
So I’m running a linux shell with UBUNTU 18.04 LTS, and Paraview was installed through Ubuntu and with Xming.

I tried a very basic tutorial to see if my install was working properly:  
[https://cfd.direct/openfoam/user-gui…ty/#x5-40002.1](https://cfd.direct/openfoam/user-guide/v8-cavity/#x5-40002.1)

But when I launch paraview with the command ‘paraFoam’, I get the following readout:

Created temporary ‘cavity.OpenFOAM’  
QStandardPaths: XDG\_RUNTIME\_DIR not set, defaulting to ‘/tmp/runtime-[user]’  
failed to get the current screen resources  
I/O : uncollated

Paraview opens and will display the model, but the data doesn’t load in.  
I’ve been trying to figure this out for the past few days, but unfortunately I’m not the most computer savvy.  
Sorry if this isn’t a Paraview problem, I just figured I might try asking here.  
I’ve also posted this question here:  
[https://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam-installation/230216-paraview-does-not-open-data.html#post782705](https://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam-installation/230216-paraview-does-not-open-data.html#post782705)

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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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: [September 14, 2020, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-opening-data-from-openfoam/5331/2 "2020-09-14T07:25:03Z")

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As you point out, paraFOAM is not ParaView.

I would suggest trying with ParaView proper to see if you still have the issue.  
[https://www.paraview.org/download/](https://www.paraview.org/download/)

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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: [June 7, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-opening-data-from-openfoam/5331/3 "2022-06-07T06:36:31Z")

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