[bradrick42]

resurrecting this thread after it was hijacked. no hard feelings, just want to find a solution for my issue too

I tried installing to a different location. modified the target with the properties of a desktop shortcut i created. still experienced the same issue... i see the blue circle for a bit... and then nothing. the program does not seem to launch.

there is a kodi log file... not sure if it was there before or not... but it is empty, just like in a normal install. any other ideas?

[Mnementh]

Just to clarify the above bradrick42 was that you trying the "portable install" and it still failed or just trying it from a different location?

[blossom24]

Posts related to your issue ended at Post #9 and you followed those instructions and it did not resolve the issue.

I think the last resort is to completely uninstall Kodi. This requires...

1. Uninstall the program
2. delete the Kodi folder located at %appdata%. Delete "kodi" and everything below. Or just rename it from "Kodi" to "Kodiold"

Reinstall.

[bradrick42]

Every time I was asked to install Kodi I have conducted a full uninstall, removing app data...

@Mnementh, yes I did the portable install, modified the shortcut exes file, and the log in the portable folder was still empty.

I think I may resort to reloading my computer... not sure what else to try...

[bradrick42]

Every time I was asked to install Kodi I have conducted a full uninstall, removing app data...

@Mnementh, yes I did the portable install, modified the shortcut exes file, and the log in the portable folder was still empty.

I think I may resort to reloading my computer... not sure what else to try...

[blossom24]

Well, the last thing you can try before your drastic action of reloading the operating system, is follow the instructions in Post #18.

1. Uninstall Kodi. I understand you saying that you selected to remove Appdata.
2. Manually checking that the two items have been removed.

If you find there are any leftovers, then delete them.

[Mnementh]

Agreed this one is weird, the portable install should have at least created the log file with "something" in it...

This might sound like a silly question but what are you using to view the log files to ensure they are empty? I'm wondering if you might have a faulty file association or something (yes I am grasping at straws now...)

Have you also checked in the Windows event logs to see if there's anything showing up in there? Might be a background appcrash that's preventing kodi from running. It won't show up as an error/warning in the event log but the "source" will say Windows Error Reporting