# ParaView not working in windows 10
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-working-in-windows-10/7305
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 27, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-working-in-windows-10/7305 "2021-05-27T14:08:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@mahesh\_dalwani](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mahesh_dalwani)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-working-in-windows-10/7305/1 "2021-05-27T14:08:44Z")
Hello,
I’ve downloaded ParaView-5.9.1 on my windows 10 laptop. Installation was successful. But when I tried to open Paraview, it was showing a blank white screen. Can you suggest what to do?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-working-in-windows-10/7305/2 "2021-05-27T14:18:53Z")
please share a screenshot.
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### Author:  [@mahesh\_dalwani](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mahesh_dalwani)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-working-in-windows-10/7305/3 "2021-05-27T14:50:10Z")
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-working-in-windows-10/7305/4 "2021-05-27T14:55:31Z")
Probably graphic driver issue. Please share your GPU and GPU driver currently in use.
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### Author:  [@mahesh\_dalwani](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mahesh_dalwani)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-working-in-windows-10/7305/5 "2021-05-27T14:58:32Z")
I have intel(R) HD graphics 3000 driver installed. There is no external graphics
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-working-in-windows-10/7305/6 "2021-05-27T15:00:02Z")
This is probably the culprit. Please update your GPU driver. If it is still failing, you can take a look at this work around:
> [@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/4321/7):
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> If someone is unlucky and found themselves struggling to debug or develop ParaView with VS2019 on a Windows 10 Azure VM/Remote Desktop like me, you’d probably come here. So, here’s an update for you (Relax, it just got better. Windows doesn’t have to be a pain always…) The original repo link by @mwestphal is much convenient and better now. It provides scripts for per-app or system-wide deployment. I prefer system-wide deployment so that it’s centralized. Select option 1 or 2 or 4 in …
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### Author:  [@Ashraf\_Hussein](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ashraf_Hussein)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-working-in-windows-10/7305/7 "2024-03-27T09:37:01Z")
If you are running Windows 10 or 11, you have to use mesa OpenGl library from [Mesa3D For Windows - Federico Dossena](https://fdossena.com/?p=mesa/index.frag) . It will fly
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2024, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-working-in-windows-10/7305/8 "2024-03-27T10:56:04Z")
> [@Ashraf\_Hussein](#):
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> you have to use mesa OpenGl library
No you dont have to, you should use your GPU driver if possible.
You can use it though, it ever needed, as it is already documented here: [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)