# Paraview opens as a white box and crashes

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-opens-as-a-white-box-and-crashes/15356
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 9, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-opens-as-a-white-box-and-crashes/15356 "2024-09-09T01:55:10Z")
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### Author: ![bunny](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@bunny](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bunny)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-opens-as-a-white-box-and-crashes/15356/1 "2024-09-09T01:55:10Z")

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![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f69ca3543aaabb377abf8af2f9975832572a08c8.png)

Paraview opens like this and immediately closes. I tried updating drivers, installing a different version, etc. But it still ends up like this. Any solutions? Thank you.

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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 9, 2024, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-opens-as-a-white-box-and-crashes/15356/2 "2024-09-09T10:05:56Z")

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Please share:

- OS information
- Driver information
- OpenGL Information: [Recover OpenGL Informations from pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recover-opengl-informations-from-pvpython/1536)

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### Author: ![bunny](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@bunny](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bunny)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-opens-as-a-white-box-and-crashes/15356/3 "2024-11-11T14:12:54Z")

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Hello. Sorry for the really late reply.  
This still is not fixed and I tried everything.

OS - Windows 11 Enterprise  
Driver information - Intel(R) UHD graphics 630, AMD Radeon RX640  
OpenGL information - I cannot open paraview

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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: [November 12, 2024, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-opens-as-a-white-box-and-crashes/15356/4 "2024-11-12T08:25:03Z")

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> [@bunny](#):
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> OpenGL information - I cannot open paraview

Well, you do not need to, please read the link above.