Windows7: Blender header menu bar is missing #41591

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Jim Kang · 2014-08-26T10:20:49+02:00

Jim Kang commented

2014-08-26 10:20:49 +02:00

System Information
I am not sure what graphics card I am using,
I am using Windows 7.

Blender Version
I tried about three recent versions of blender,
none of them ever worked out.
my current version is 2.71

Short description of error
As you see I don't see the header menu bar.
There should be button like: File, Add, etc...
But I don't...

What is the problem?
I saw an error that says: cannot find C:\tmp\quit.blender
I had no problem with installing blender, everything went smoothly.

**System Information** I am not sure what graphics card I am using, I am using Windows 7. **Blender Version** I tried about three recent versions of blender, none of them ever worked out. my current version is 2.71 ![Blender_TroubleShooting.jpg](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F106796/Blender_TroubleShooting.jpg) **Short description of error** As you see I don't see the header menu bar. There should be button like: File, Add, etc... But I don't... What is the problem? I saw an error that says: cannot find C:\tmp\quit.blender I had no problem with installing blender, everything went smoothly.

Jim Kang commented

2014-08-26 10:20:49 +02:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Jim Kang commented

2014-08-26 10:20:49 +02:00

Added subscriber: @swkang7229

Nahuel Belich commented

2014-08-26 12:06:38 +02:00

Added subscriber: @NahuelBelich

Nahuel Belich commented

2014-08-26 12:06:38 +02:00

im just a user, but that happened to me when i didn't fully uncompress the .zip file of a portable build.

Did you try install blender running the installer as administrator?
Did you try portable builds from here? https://builder.blender.org/download

im just a user, but that happened to me when i didn't fully uncompress the .zip file of a portable build. Did you try install blender running the installer as administrator? Did you try portable builds from here? https://builder.blender.org/download

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-08-26 15:20:38 +02:00

Added subscriber: @mont29

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-08-26 15:20:38 +02:00

Yep, we had another similar report around in past weeks (looks like it was closed already :/ ).

This happens when Blender cannot access to some of its UI scripts, usually because they were not extracted correctly.

Could also be that you have some 'weird' chars in your path to Blender's installation.

So please first try to make a clean full re-install of Blender, and if issue persists, please give us your full Blender's installation path, as well as log got when starting Blender from a commandline.

Yep, we had another similar report around in past weeks (looks like it was closed already :/ ). This happens when Blender cannot access to some of its UI scripts, usually because they were not extracted correctly. Could also be that you have some 'weird' chars in your path to Blender's installation. So please first try to make a clean full re-install of Blender, and if issue persists, please give us your full Blender's installation path, as well as log got when starting Blender from a commandline.

Jim Kang commented

2014-08-26 16:12:08 +02:00

I should note the fact that I am using Korean Windows 7
when mont29 said about 'weird' chars in my path of installation,
I rechecked it.

However, this didn't solve the problem.
I made a clean uninstallation of previous installations, and reinstalled 2.71 version.

Here is my full path of Blender's installation: C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender

I should note the fact that I am using Korean Windows 7 when mont29 said about 'weird' chars in my path of installation, I rechecked it. However, this didn't solve the problem. I made a clean uninstallation of previous installations, and reinstalled 2.71 version. ![블랜더_캡처.PNG](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F106843/블랜더_캡처.PNG) Here is my full path of Blender's installation: C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender

Sergey Sharybin commented

2014-08-28 13:29:37 +02:00

Added subscriber: @Sergey

Sergey Sharybin commented

2014-08-28 13:29:37 +02:00

Please try running blender from the command line and see whether there are any reports in there.
You might also try downloading opengl32.dll from ftp://ftp.blender.org/sergey/softwaregl/ and place it next to blender.exe and see if it makes any difference. This would eliminate possible ogl bugs.

- Please try running blender from the command line and see whether there are any reports in there. - You might also try downloading opengl32.dll from ftp://ftp.blender.org/sergey/softwaregl/ and place it next to blender.exe and see if it makes any difference. This would eliminate possible ogl bugs.

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-08-30 19:55:41 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Duplicate'

Bastien Montagne closed this issue

2014-08-30 19:55:41 +02:00

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-08-30 19:55:41 +02:00

✘ Merged into #40967.