docs/kdebase-runtime/userguide/troubleshooting-no-open.docbook

   1 <sect1 id="troubleshooting-not-opening">
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   3 <authorgroup>
   4 <author>&Lauri.Watts;</author>
   5 </authorgroup>
   6 </sect1info>
   7 <title>When An Application Will Not Open</title>
   8
   9 <para>Sometimes when you start an application, it does not open the expected
  10 window.  Here are some questions to answer and steps to help you figure out
  11 what is wrong.</para>
  12
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  15 <term>Did the application ever start, when launched in the same
  16 manner?</term>
  17 <listitem><para>If it did, for instance you have clicked an icon on your
  18 desktop that previously worked, then it is unlikely to be a problem with the
  19 launcher itself.</para>
  20 <para>If, however, you normally start your application from an icon on
  21 &kicker; and this time started it with a desktop icon, then it could simply
  22 be that the launcher itself is wrong.</para>
  23 </listitem>
  24 </varlistentry>
  25 <varlistentry>
  26 <term>But I can see the launch notification spinning cursor and taskbar entry.
  27 </term>
  28 <listitem><para>Foo</para></listitem>
  29 </varlistentry>
  30 </variablelist>
  31 </sect1>
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