# Designer Launcher launch error occurred

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-launch-error-occurred/74531>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 3, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-launch-error-occurred/74531 "2023-06-03T15:33:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Carolyn\_Zhou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Carolyn\_Zhou](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carolyn_Zhou)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-launch-error-occurred/74531/1 "2023-06-03T15:33:59Z")

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When I was trying to Open Designer an error message showed up "Downloading of Launchclient.jar failed, launching will not occur." I then looked for the java folder and found that the JavaVirtueMachines folder is empty.

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**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-launch-error-occurred/74531/2 "2023-06-03T15:35:19Z")

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Do any of these posts help?  
[https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/search?q=Downloading%20of%20Launchclient.jar%20failed%2C%20launching%20will%20not%20occur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/search?q=Downloading%20of%20Launchclient.jar%20failed%2C%20launching%20will%20not%20occur)

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**Author:** ![Carolyn\_Zhou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Carolyn\_Zhou](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carolyn_Zhou)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-launch-error-occurred/74531/3 "2023-06-03T15:52:26Z")

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Forgot to mention that I installed the Ignition on Mac