FAH Client will not start after installing

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aldous42
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FAH Client will not start after installing

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Hello everyone
I have installed the FAH client on my PC, but it will not even start. When I click the shortcut nothing happens except a process starts in Task manager, and no matter how long I wait no setup screen appears. I have pasted the log file here, can anyone help me with this?

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********************** Log Started 2020-03-19T20:18:31Z ***********************
20:18:31:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
20:18:31:      Website: https://foldingathome.org/
20:18:31:    Copyright: (c) 2009-2018 foldingathome.org
20:18:31:       Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
20:18:31:         Args: 
20:18:31:       Config: <none>
20:18:31:******************************** Build ********************************
20:18:31:      Version: 7.5.1
20:18:31:         Date: May 11 2018
20:18:31:         Time: 13:06:32
20:18:31:   Repository: Git
20:18:31:     Revision: 4705bf53c635f88b8fe85af7675557e15d491ff0
20:18:31:       Branch: master
20:18:31:     Compiler: Visual C++ 2008
20:18:31:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /Ox /MT
20:18:31:     Platform: win32 10
20:18:31:         Bits: 32
20:18:31:         Mode: Release
20:18:31:******************************* System ********************************
20:18:31:          CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7600K CPU @ 3.80GHz
20:18:31:       CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9
20:18:31:         CPUs: 4
20:18:31:       Memory: 15.95GiB
20:18:31:  Free Memory: 13.17GiB
20:18:31:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
20:18:31:   OS Version: 6.2
20:18:31:  Has Battery: false
20:18:31:   On Battery: false
20:18:31:   UTC Offset: -4
20:18:31:          PID: 11448
20:18:31:          CWD: C:\Users\Cristian\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient
20:18:31:           OS: Windows 10 Enterprise
20:18:31:      OS Arch: AMD64
20:18:31:         GPUs: 1
20:18:31:        GPU 0: Bus:1 Slot:0 Func:0 NVIDIA:7 GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] 4372
20:18:31:CUDA Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:1 Slot:0 Compute:6.1 Driver:10.1
20:18:31:       OpenCL: Not detected
20:18:31:Win32 Service: false
20:18:31:***********************************************************************
20:18:31:<config>
20:18:31:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
20:18:31:</config>
20:18:31:Trying to access database...
20:18:31:Successfully acquired database lock
20:18:31:Enabled folding slot 00: PAUSED cpu:2 (not configured)
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Re: FAH Client will not start after installing

Post by Jesse_V »

Hi and welcome to the forum. The last line in the log file seems to be the biggest clue. It looks like you've paused the software. How did that happen?

You should be able to see a Folding@home icon in the taskbar down by the clock. If you right-click and selected Advanced Control, it should bring up a front-end called FAHControl. If you can't get it running, I'd recommend reinstalling and checking the "start F@h automatically"option (or a similar name) on the last screen.
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aldous42
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Re: FAH Client will not start after installing

Post by aldous42 »

This, nothing pops up in the task bar. When I open FAHControl through start menu it stays stuck on "Connecting Inactive".
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