Darktable would not open up on Windows

[123sg (Steven)]

@g-man

But the magick error is not normal. I think this should be raised as an Issue on GutHub.

I think we saw the same error recently here: Windows 11 Darktable 4.4.2 won't start - #3 by kofa
And there’s been a handful of these cases of dt ‘just won’t start’.
Could it be something related to a Windows update?

@cipshadow

Is there any way to open it with opencl disabled without having to go through command prompt every time?

You can disable OpenCL in the preferences by unticking the checkbox:

I must confess I’m not sure if this is enough to prevent the startup issue.