Hi,
I just downloaded the newest version of program, but it dosen’t open (it tries, but after a few seconds it just ends). Tried to download oldest 2.0 versions fom GitHub and steam version, but it doesn’t work either.
CPU: r7 5700x3d GPU: RTX 3060
Same issue for me.
CPU: TR 7970X GPU: RTX 4080
I assume both of you use Windows, correct me if I’m worng. A few things to try:
- Run PixiEditor in safe mode (right click on PixiEditor shortcut and select “Properties”, in “Target” add
-–safeModeafterPixiEditor.exeand after the closing quote”, for example“C:\Program Files\PixiEditor\PixiEditor.exe" --safeMode) - Update GPU drivers
- Run PixiEditor with
–-openglflag, you can do it the same as in step 1, but instead of-–safeModeset-–opengl
If none of it helps, please run PixiEditor and go to Event Viewer app on Windows, click on Custom Views and then Administrative Events
You should find and “Error” entry with Source: .NET Runtime click on it and send the contents here
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Thank you! It started working well for me.
Just for the info: safe mode didn’t work for me, but –opengl made the program alive
Hello. Just wanted to confirm that –opengl parameter worked for me as well. –safeMode brought no benefits at all.
Many thanks for your help.
[Windows 11 pro - R7 9700X - RTX 4070 Super]
I’m glad it worked with –opengl, although I am surprised that it doesn’t work for all you with this specs. GTX 3060, RTX 4080 and RTX 4070 Super should easily run Vulkan backend.
If you don’t mind, can you run it without –opengl and sending me error message the way I described in my previous reply, I may be able to identify the root cause of the issue.
For the record –safeModeonly runs PixiEditor without loading any extensions or previous session files. Which could be crashing PixiEditor (like ultra heavy graphs)
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Hey! Of course I don’t mind. I’m glad to help you to sort this issue out. Going to send test results in a couple of minutes.
EDIT: attaching the error dump here.
And these are mine:
Application: PixiEditor.exe
CoreCLR Version: 8.0.1925.36514
.NET Version: 8.0.19
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
Stack:
at Avalonia.Vulkan.UnmanagedInterop.VulkanDeviceApi.vkQueuePresentKHR(Avalonia.Vulkan.UnmanagedInterop.VkQueue, Avalonia.Vulkan.UnmanagedInterop.VkPresentInfoKHR ByRef)
at Avalonia.Vulkan.Interop.VulkanDisplay.EndPresentation(Avalonia.Vulkan.Interop.VulkanCommandBuffer)
at Avalonia.Vulkan.VulkanKhrRenderTarget+RenderingSession.Dispose()
at Avalonia.Skia.Vulkan.VulkanSkiaRenderTarget+VulkanSkiaRenderSession.Dispose()
at Avalonia.Skia.DrawingContextImpl.Dispose()
at Avalonia.Rendering.Composition.Server.ServerCompositionTarget.Render()
at Avalonia.Rendering.Composition.Server.ServerCompositor.RenderCore(Boolean)
at Avalonia.Rendering.Composition.Server.ServerCompositor.RenderReentrancySafe(Boolean)
at Avalonia.Rendering.Composition.Server.ServerCompositor.Render(Boolean)
at Avalonia.Rendering.Composition.Server.ServerCompositor.Render()
at Avalonia.Rendering.RenderLoop.TimerTick(System.TimeSpan)
at Avalonia.Rendering.DefaultRenderTimer.InternalTick(System.TimeSpan)
at Avalonia.Rendering.DefaultRenderTimer+<>c__DisplayClass13_0.b__0(System.Object)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object)
at System.Threading.TimerQueueTimer.Fire(Boolean)
at System.Threading.TimerQueue.FireNextTimers()
at System.Threading.ThreadPoolWorkQueue.Dispatch()
at System.Threading.PortableThreadPool+WorkerThread.WorkerThreadStart()
Same issue here, happens on both Steam and Direct download.
Windows 11
32gb RAM
Ryzen 3700x
RTX 2070 Super
Event Viewer talks about Vulkan issues, Safe Mode and OpenGL flags don’t seem to work for me
Can you post what ever viewer shows when you pass –opengl flag?
oh i might be foolish, I don’t think I formatted the flags correctly.
This is correct:
OpenGL works for me after a fourth try 
Interestingly works great out of the box on my surface laptop with Intel Iris graphics
I’m also having issues it worked fine before the update.
Here are my Specs:
Device Name DANILAPTOP
Processor Intel(R) Core™ i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz 2.80 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB
Storage 932 GB HDD HGST HTS721010A9E630, 1.82 TB SSD KINGSTON SNV3S2000G
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (2 GB), Intel(R) HD Graphics 630 (128 MB)
Device ID CB2C330D-6AA8-4419-97AE-6AE18CD8AB68
Product ID 00330-80100-10002-AA682
System Type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Windows 10 Pro
Here are the Details of the error :
Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 23/08/2025 20:29:21
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DANILAPTOP
Description:
Faulting application name: PixiEditor.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x674f0000
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.19041.6093, time stamp: 0xd1cd3808
Exception code: 0xc0000409
Fault offset: 0x00000000000a2860
Faulting process id: 0x1608
Faulting application start time: 0x01dc14643737b530
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\PixiEditor\PixiEditor.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: ae8d6ba8-299c-48a3-9695-b7b48bd91354
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Event Xml:
1000
0
2
100
0
0x80000000000000
39888
Application
DANILAPTOP
PixiEditor.exe
1.0.0.0
674f0000
ntdll.dll
10.0.19041.6093
d1cd3808
c0000409
00000000000a2860
1608
01dc14643737b530
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\PixiEditor\PixiEditor.exe
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
ae8d6ba8-299c-48a3-9695-b7b48bd91354
I apologise in advanced if I seem clueless I’m not very good at technical things I just like doing digital art.
I have the same problem in Windows 10
Add --opengl to PixiEditor’s shortcut make it work!
Thank you!
SAME! AMD Ryzen 7000 CPU and AMD Radeon GPU win11