Updated Store app won't launch

[BioTurboNick]

Something broke. I had the first release from the store that you posted on Slack, then just updated it with your new post, and now it won't launch. A console window very briefly flashes up then disappears.

I had the previous one running while updating.

[BioTurboNick]

That last part may not have to do with anything. I cleared it as best I could and reinstalled fresh. Still won't launch.

Windows 10 64-bit Version 21H1 (OS Build 19043.985)

Is there a log I can send you, or do you get telemetry from Microsoft?

[davidanthoff]

Could you check what version of the app you have installed? You can see that in the Windows Store app, and it should be 1.0.14.0.

Next thing would be to delete the entire folder ~/.julia/juliaup and then try again.

Also, from a command prompt, can you try to start both julia and juliaup. Do both not start, or is the problem with just one of them?

[davidanthoff]

Actually, I have a theory: I might have declared a wrong dependency on the VC runtime. If you can start juliaup but not julia, then that might explain it. I'm also preparing a new release that might fix this.

[davidanthoff]

Alright, I published version 1.0.16.0 to the app store that fixes a problem that I distributed the wrong C++ runtime libs. I think that could well explain what you are seeing. Could you try again after you update in the store to 1.0.16.0?

[BioTurboNick]

I deleted all files in juliaup, then from the command prompt, then ran julia.

No Julia version for channel 1 is installed on this system. Run:

  juliaup update

to install Julia 1, the latest Julia version for the current channel.

Windows console windows are closed as soon as their program exits. I suggest adding a "press any key to exit" read prompt to ensure the window stays open so the message can be read.

[davidanthoff]

Alright, closing this issue because it seems that the new update has fixed things to the point that things run, now we just need to fix the user experience for that, tracked in a new issue.