Dolphin Suddenly Wont Open (blue circle then nothing)

[cubby208]

Ok, so dolphin used to be working fine but now it wont open at all.

When i click on it it shows the blue loading circle and then nothing happens.  No window popup, no activity in task manager.  Nothing!

Here is what ive tried:
Getting a new version of dolphin
Updating DirectX
Restarting
Running as administrator

Nothing works.

BTW. It is probably not a hardware issue.
Windows 8.1 Pro
6 core i7 processor
Gtx 980
16 gb of ram

[NKF98]

Try deleting your Dolphin folder and then deleting the "Dolphin Emulator" folder in Documents and downloading the latest dev after that

[cubby208]

(04-27-2015, 08:32 AM)NKF98 Wrote: Try deleting your Dolphin folder and then deleting the "Dolphin Emulator" folder in Documents and downloading the latest dev after that

Nope. Didnt work

[cubby208]

It did create a new dolphin folder in documents.

[haddockd]

Is Dolphin installed in program files?
Have you updated your pc?
Did you uninstall any of the visual c++ installs?

[cubby208]

Dolphin is not in my program files. Does it need to be?

I have visual studio 2008

My pc is up to date

[Lucario]

Doesn't need to be in specific folder for it to work, as long as it isn't in read-only.

Does the older Dolphin version work?

[cubby208]

So I just downloaded dolphin version 4.0.2 and it worked! However I need the newer versions so I can work my dolphin bar and mayflash gamecube connector.

How can i check if visual studio is getting told to compile things/compiling properly?

[cubby208]

OK. So development builds still dont work. And I just installed visual studio 2013 aswell to see if it helps.

What could be blocking this? Anti-virus? Compiler?

If it helps, an odd thing is that when I download a new version it tends to have a blue circle for a bit longer, but just for the first try.

[NKF98]

Check if it's a process running in your task manager after trying to run Dolphin (in the more detailed panel), so if it just doesn't run or doesn't pull up the interface.