Blender version 2.71 stopped working #41963

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Thomas Dinges · 2014-09-26T11:59:06+02:00

RogersChris commented

2014-09-26 11:59:06 +02:00

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Well, first time trying to use blender and it doesn't work. When I start blender it says, "Blender has stopped working - Windows is searching for a solution" and then that pop-up changes to, "A problem has caused the program to stop working - Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available". In the small black command prompt that pops up it says, "SyntaxError: Invalid syntax". This is pretty annoying and just want it to work. When I first installed the program I accidentally clicked the USA mirror download. When I realised I had done this I clicked the 64Bit download, downloaded and installed it and this is what happens.

Specs;

GPU - Geforce GTS 450 1.5GB
CPU - intel(r) core(tm)2 quad cpu q8300 2.5ghz
Memory - 8GB RAM
OS - 64Bit Windows 7
Hard drive - 2* 290GB

I'm not sure whether or not the problem I'm having is hardware related or not, please help, would love to use this software.

Well, first time trying to use blender and it doesn't work. When I start blender it says, "Blender has stopped working - Windows is searching for a solution" and then that pop-up changes to, "A problem has caused the program to stop working - Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available". In the small black command prompt that pops up it says, "SyntaxError: Invalid syntax". This is pretty annoying and just want it to work. When I first installed the program I accidentally clicked the USA mirror download. When I realised I had done this I clicked the 64Bit download, downloaded and installed it and this is what happens. Specs; GPU - Geforce GTS 450 1.5GB CPU - intel(r) core(tm)2 quad cpu q8300 2.5ghz Memory - 8GB RAM OS - 64Bit Windows 7 Hard drive - 2* 290GB I'm not sure whether or not the problem I'm having is hardware related or not, please help, would love to use this software.

RogersChris commented

2014-09-26 11:59:06 +02:00

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Changed status to: 'Open'

RogersChris commented

2014-09-26 11:59:06 +02:00

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Thomas Dinges commented

2014-09-26 14:04:42 +02:00

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Thomas Dinges commented

2014-09-26 14:04:42 +02:00

Hey,
some things you can check on.

1 Did you install the Visual Studio Runtime? http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784 Click on Download, then choose the vcredist_x64.exe.

2 Is your Windows 7 up to date? Service Pack 1 + all updates?

Hey, some things you can check on. 1 Did you install the Visual Studio Runtime? http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784 Click on Download, then choose the vcredist_x64.exe. 2 Is your Windows 7 up to date? Service Pack 1 + all updates?

RogersChris commented

2014-09-26 14:22:22 +02:00

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Hmm, when I run the vcredist_x64.exe its only options are repair or uninstall. I clicked repair but when i revisit the vcredist_x64.exe there's still and option to repair.

Thomas Dinges commented

2014-09-26 14:31:23 +02:00

Well in this case, you already have it installed. ;)

RogersChris commented

2014-09-26 14:34:49 +02:00

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I don't understand the problem I have then.

RogersChris commented

2014-09-26 15:17:19 +02:00

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RogersChris commented

2014-09-26 15:21:55 +02:00

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found bundled python: C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.71\python

Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: unable to load the file system codec
File "C:Python27\Lib\encodings_init_.py", line 123
raise CodecRegistryError,\

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

found bundled python: C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.71\python Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: unable to load the file system codec File "C:Python27\Lib\encodings\__init__.py", line 123 raise CodecRegistryError,\ ``` ^ ``` SyntaxError: invalid syntax

RogersChris commented

2014-09-26 15:32:31 +02:00

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Got it workinig