# Ignition Designer Launcher is not opening in Windows-7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition80\ **Created:** [June 15, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-launcher-is-not-opening-in-windows-7/75068 "2023-06-15T11:18:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jawahar\_Annadurai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Jawahar\_Annadurai](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jawahar_Annadurai)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-launcher-is-not-opening-in-windows-7/75068/1 "2023-06-15T11:18:42Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/9/19996b29be83bb775f1c555ced3e5aa5edc17b4d.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/9/09c55f95e90d1601a0147af851eec797b9fc06e3.png) Designer is not opening after clicking Open Designer Button. Installed latest version Java. ---
**Author:** ![grietveld](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/grietveld/32/6984_2.png) [@grietveld](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grietveld)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-launcher-is-not-opening-in-windows-7/75068/2 "2023-06-15T11:38:37Z")
Any Errors on launch? You shouldn't need to install Java on 8.0 or later. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-launcher-is-not-opening-in-windows-7/75068/3 "2023-06-15T12:15:46Z")
Is this 32-bit Windows? If so, I don't think it is supported. But anyways, look for the designer launcher log file in the `.ignition` folder and look for the actual designer command line that it tried to run. Copy that and run it in a terminal to see what might be going on. Share the output of that terminal here, perhaps (be sure to use the preformatted text styling in the comment editor). ---
**Author:** ![Jawahar\_Annadurai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Jawahar\_Annadurai](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jawahar_Annadurai)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-launcher-is-not-opening-in-windows-7/75068/4 "2023-06-16T04:22:46Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/d/0d95f44561bef8f9d0ea275b354e1a59ef966fb8.png) My system is Windows7 64bit operating system. ---
**Author:** ![Jawahar\_Annadurai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Jawahar\_Annadurai](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jawahar_Annadurai)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-launcher-is-not-opening-in-windows-7/75068/5 "2023-06-16T04:25:20Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/6/960476236ba6b640f233a8c67a0b577a554d57f2.png) I copied the cmd line and pasted in terminal and one cmd window opened then suddenly closed. Kindly share any example of preformatted styling and how to load the cmd line. ---
**Author:** ![Jawahar\_Annadurai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Jawahar\_Annadurai](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jawahar_Annadurai)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-launcher-is-not-opening-in-windows-7/75068/6 "2023-06-16T04:27:51Z")
which is version is compatible. ---
**Author:** ![Jawahar\_Annadurai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Jawahar\_Annadurai](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jawahar_Annadurai)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-launcher-is-not-opening-in-windows-7/75068/7 "2023-06-16T04:30:47Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/5/65669660b29ce49fb2baa3c7634c239209a76b08.jpeg) After clicking the Open designer button, This window is opened and closed. ---
**Author:** ![grietveld](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/grietveld/32/6984_2.png) [@grietveld](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grietveld)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-launcher-is-not-opening-in-windows-7/75068/8 "2023-06-16T11:34:54Z")
It is built into the software in 8.0 and newer due to Java Licensing changes. You shouldn't need to install any java separately unless you are in 7.9.x(can't remember what version) or older.