# Perspective not showing up in designer exit error 0

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-not-showing-up-in-designer-exit-error-0/115192>\
**Category:** Maker\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [April 22, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-not-showing-up-in-designer-exit-error-0/115192 "2026-04-22T03:41:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Walter\_Chester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3da27b/32.png) [@Walter\_Chester](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Walter_Chester)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-not-showing-up-in-designer-exit-error-0/115192/1 "2026-04-22T03:41:23Z")

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I am not seeing perspective in the property browser

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/f/cfc6ee8e48da2da511e7db045a3ec8cf3c2a1bcc.png)

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**Author:** ![Walter\_Chester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3da27b/32.png) [@Walter\_Chester](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Walter_Chester)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-not-showing-up-in-designer-exit-error-0/115192/3 "2026-04-22T03:45:09Z")

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```python
20:32:59.590 [WebSocket@1240224121-47] INFO c.i.i.c.g.GatewayConnectionManager - WebSocket session is connected
20:33:02.186 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Downloading... [+0]
20:33:02.239 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Cleanup... [+53]
20:33:02.242 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Initializing UI... [+56]
20:33:02.279 [DesignerExecEngine-1] INFO tags.subscriptions - Changing connected quality to 'Good'
20:33:02.884 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Starting module: Perspective [+698]
20:33:03.610 [Designer-Startup] INFO Perspective.Designer - Starting up Perspective module. Mode: Activated
20:33:03.806 [Designer-Startup] ERROR designer.JXBrowserUtil - Failed to start Browser Engine with options
 com.teamdev.jxbrowser.engine.EngineOptions:
  autoplayEnabled: false
  chromiumDir: C:\Users\wches\.ignition\cache\resources\jxbrowser\8.12.1
  chromiumSwitches: []
  diskCacheSize: <unknown>
  fileAccessFromFilesAllowed: false
  isGpuDisabled: false
  isIncognitoEnabled:true
  language:en-us
  passwordStore: <unknown>
  remoteDebugginPort: 9222
  renderingMode: OFF_SCREEN
  isSandboxDisabled: false
  secureOriginWhitelist: []
  isTouchMenuEnabled: false
  userAgent: <unknown user agent value>
  userDataDir:C:\Users\wches\AppData\Local\Temp\JxBrowser-UserData-9f3ffcbc-bbb7-43bf-987a-8357a602bb8c
  webSecurityDisabled: false
.
com.teamdev.jxbrowser.engine.ChromiumProcessStartupFailureException: Process exit code: 0
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.engine.internal.EngineImpl.newInstance(EngineImpl.java:227)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.engine.Engine.newInstance(Engine.java:163)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.JxBrowserUtil.lambda$getOrCreateEngine$2(JxBrowserUtil.java:352)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.JxBrowserUtil.runResourceLockedAction(JxBrowserUtil.java:567)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.JxBrowserUtil.getOrCreateEngine(JxBrowserUtil.java:352)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.JxBrowserUtil.getOrCreateEngine(JxBrowserUtil.java:431)
	at com.inductiveautomation.perspective.designer.DesignerHook.startup(DesignerHook.java:233)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner$LoadedModule.startup(IgnitionDesigner.java:2004)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner.startupModule(IgnitionDesigner.java:1200)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner.loadProject(IgnitionDesigner.java:1003)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner$StartupProjectDialogHandler.lambda$new$2(IgnitionDesigner.java:2048)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
20:33:03.851 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Starting module: Alarm Notification [+1665]
20:33:03.983 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Starting module: SFC [+1797]
20:33:04.297 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Starting module: OPC-UA [+2111]
20:33:04.297 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Starting module: MQTT Distributor [+2111]
20:33:04.297 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Starting module: Historian Core [+2111]
20:33:04.297 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Starting module: Event Streams [+2111]
20:33:04.326 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Starting module: Reporting [+2140]
20:33:04.347 [Designer-Startup] INFO reporting.Designer - Starting up Reporting Module. Mode: Activated
20:33:04.447 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Starting module: SQL Bridge [+2261]
20:33:04.540 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Starting module: MQTT Engine [+2354]
20:33:04.541 [Designer-Startup] INFO c.c.m.e.e.s.d.EventStreamSourceDesignRegistry - Registering Event Stream MQTT Source design delegate
20:33:04.541 [Designer-Startup] INFO c.c.m.e.e.s.d.EventStreamSourceDesignRegistry - Registering Event Stream Sparkplug Source design delegate
20:33:04.542 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Starting module: MQTT Transmission [+2356]
20:33:04.544 [Designer-Startup] INFO c.c.m.t.e.h.d.EventStreamHandlerDesignRegistry - Registering Event Stream design delegate for MQTT Handler
20:33:04.544 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Initializing Scripting... [+2358]
20:33:04.588 [Designer-Startup] INFO designer.main - Initializing UI... [+2402]

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**Author:** ![Walter\_Chester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3da27b/32.png) [@Walter\_Chester](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Walter_Chester)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-not-showing-up-in-designer-exit-error-0/115192/4 "2026-04-22T03:47:41Z")

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I tried clearing the cache for jxbrowser but that did not work. I tried to see if copilot would give me anything useful and I don't trust it. The gist of what copilot told is my windows version is Windows 11 Version 25H2 (OS Build 26200.8246)  
Which is supposedly a dev build and that is breaking perspective. This is a new PC and I have not really touched perspective on my home automation project because I was working on a django backend.

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**Author:** ![Sfenwick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/sfenwick/32/82355_2.png) [@Sfenwick](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sfenwick)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-not-showing-up-in-designer-exit-error-0/115192/5 "2026-04-22T15:09:32Z")

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Do you have any AV or firewall software running? This tends to be the problem. Please see [Perspective Missing in Project Browser - #6 by Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-missing-in-project-browser/109429/6)

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**Author:** ![Walter\_Chester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3da27b/32.png) [@Walter\_Chester](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Walter_Chester)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-not-showing-up-in-designer-exit-error-0/115192/6 "2026-04-22T21:31:17Z")

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No I don't use AV or firewall software.

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**Author:** ![Sfenwick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/sfenwick/32/82355_2.png) [@Sfenwick](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sfenwick)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-not-showing-up-in-designer-exit-error-0/115192/7 "2026-04-22T21:55:00Z")

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Did you delete every jxbrowser directory? If so, you may want to reach out to our support department so they can do a deeper dive into the system [https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us](https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us)

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**Author:** ![Walter\_Chester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3da27b/32.png) [@Walter\_Chester](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Walter_Chester)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-not-showing-up-in-designer-exit-error-0/115192/8 "2026-04-24T09:33:58Z")

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So I reinstalled the designer and that fixed it. Thank you for your help.
