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    • Chris FullmerC Offline
      Chris Fullmer
      last edited by

      Well, how often does it randomly crash? Are you running any plugins? What if you uninstall the plugins and try running it? Most people don't have constant crash problems, so it isn't a rampant problem. I would tend to think of plugins possibly being the problem.

      Do you ever get bugsplat reports?

      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
      All my Plugins I've written

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        klaufi
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        SketchUp doesn't start anymore on my PC (Windows 7) either. As soon as I doubleclick it, the BugSplat-Window appears. I tried to install the newest version, reinstalled it completely, updated my graphics driver, looked into the registry, but nothing's helping. That's really odd, because last week it worked just fine. My PC has some issues right now, slow startup and some other problems, might that be the cause? I have no idea...

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          In case you have recently added a tool that is causing issues...
          Try renaming your Plugins folder PluginsX temporarily... and make a new empty folder called Plugins...
          If SketchUp starts up OK now you need to add back the plugins in steps until you recreate the crash...
          Then you have a probable culprit... seek more advice when you have that tracked down... πŸ˜•

          TIG

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            ammo111
            last edited by

            β˜€ Greetings Sir, i would like to consult this problem that occurred this morning, about the BUG SPLAT, actually this not the first time i encountered it but this morning was the Worst Nightmare for me, when i double click the Sketch-up icon in my desktop (Windows 7, 32-bit User), the message said: " Sketch-up 8 has produced a Bug Splat", i double / thrice re installed it but still same scenario, Can't Open the Sketch-up!, Second Step i made was, trying to troubleshoot the problem through Control Panel and try to REPAIR it but it says that the " GOOGLESKETCHUP.msi" is missing, what will i do i'm not familiar with this stuff? 😞 Thank you and looking forward for a solution/s!

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              Sounds like you have an old 'Google' v8 anyway... The newer 'Trimble' v8 is [was] current for almost a year,
              If you have kept the original file you downloaded to install 'SketchUp 8 Free' you can reuse that and you should get asked about a repair if there's an existing installation.
              [The msi file referred to is the file the installer extracts then uses, but if your Users/../Local/Temp folder has been 'cleaned up' over the preceding months then it's probably no longer around...]
              Otherwise you'll need to find replacement version 8 Free installer from SketchUp.com...
              Or upgrade to version 2013 Make [aka Free].
              Several versions can coexist on one PC...

              TIG

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              • G Offline
                GhostFist
                last edited by

                HI, new here. I'm also having this immediate crash/bug splat on starting up a fresh install of Sketchup make. Sketchup 8 was running fine un til I installed this along side it now neither work. uninstalled both, reinstalled 2013 works once then I get the crash on start up. Graphics drivers are up to date. Running on Windows 8. really disappointing.

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  Is that with or without plugins installed?

                  Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    GhostFist
                    last edited by

                    this is a stock download as it comes off the trimble site. never had this problem on earlier versions of sketchup

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                    • A Offline
                      Anton_S
                      last edited by

                      Download CCleaner and run both cleaner and registry section. I had the same error a long time ago, tried CCleaner, and got the magic. 😎

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                      • G Offline
                        GhostFist
                        last edited by

                        CCleaner did not work

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          @anton_s said:

                          Download CCleaner and run both cleaner and registry section. I had the same error a long time ago, tried CCleaner, and got the magic. 😎

                          I find that these registry cleaners can mess up more than they fix. I'd really not recommend them.

                          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Uninstall 2013.
                            Reinstall 2013, this time 'run as admin'.
                            Report back...

                            TIG

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                              GhostFist
                              last edited by

                              Been there done that, same issue.

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                Did you install it 'as admin'?
                                Then set it to always 'run as admin'?

                                πŸ˜•

                                TIG

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                                  GhostFist
                                  last edited by

                                  yup, really scratching my head on this.

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                                    GhostFist
                                    last edited by

                                    Problem resolved when rolling back the graphics driver

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                                    • TIGT Offline
                                      TIG Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      @ghostfist said:

                                      Problem resolved when rolling back the graphics driver

                                      Out of interest, what is/was your GC / drivers set ?
                                      It might help others to be forewarned...

                                      TIG

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                                        GhostFist
                                        last edited by

                                        Sketchup was running into problems using the Microsoft surface PRO after updating the graphics drivers from INTEL's site. Microsoft has written a custom driver for the surface pro's chipset and so a conflict was created. Removing Intel's generic driver and rolling back to Microsoft's resolved all issues.

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                                        • sketch3d.deS Offline
                                          sketch3d.de
                                          last edited by

                                          @coulteri said:

                                          I will try to upgrade the graphic card drivers.

                                          you may want try also to disable the SU hardware acceleration (= OpenGL) from outside SU by using our concerning standalone support tool (Win only).

                                          free for private & commercial usage (no adware/spyware/installation)

                                          [update]
                                          tool updated for being compatible with SU v2013/2014.
                                          [/update]

                                          hth,
                                          Norbert

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                                            MILENIUMFALCON
                                            last edited by

                                            hey tig i found the culprit rb folder crashing my sketchup and it was your axo+iso plugin. Any ideas how to make the plugin work? reply ASAP..
                                            Thanks in advance.

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