# Project Properties won't open (Ignition 8.0.6) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [November 21, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-properties-wont-open-ignition-8-0-6/30151 "2019-11-21T18:42:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chuck.jonkman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/chuck.jonkman/32/5704_2.png) [@chuck.jonkman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chuck.jonkman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-properties-wont-open-ignition-8-0-6/30151/1 "2019-11-21T18:42:26Z")
We are attempting to upgrade to 8.0.6. The project properties dialog box won’t open no matter which method is used. getting an error “could not initialize class com.inductiveautomation.perspective.designer.project.properties.perspectivepropspanel” ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-properties-wont-open-ignition-8-0-6/30151/2 "2019-11-21T18:44:21Z")
Do you have the Perspective module installed? Can you post the full details of the error message here, encased in triple quotes? ```` ``` error ``` ```` ---
**Author:** ![chuck.jonkman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/chuck.jonkman/32/5704_2.png) [@chuck.jonkman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chuck.jonkman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-properties-wont-open-ignition-8-0-6/30151/3 "2019-11-21T18:50:10Z")
````auto at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.propertyeditor.PropertyEditorDialog.lazyInit(PropertyEditorDialog.java:137) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gui.LazyFrame.open(LazyFrame.java:73) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner.showProjectPropertyEditor(IgnitionDesigner.java:1168) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.navtree.NavTreePanel$3.actionPerformed(NavTreePanel.java:200) at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)``` ```` ---
**Author:** ![chuck.jonkman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/chuck.jonkman/32/5704_2.png) [@chuck.jonkman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chuck.jonkman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-properties-wont-open-ignition-8-0-6/30151/4 "2019-11-21T18:50:45Z")
Yes, it’s in trial but is running. ---
**Author:** ![chuck.jonkman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/chuck.jonkman/32/5704_2.png) [@chuck.jonkman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chuck.jonkman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-properties-wont-open-ignition-8-0-6/30151/5 "2019-11-21T18:55:15Z")
Just realized this is missing from the beginning of the error dump. ```auto Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.inductiveautomation.perspective.designer.project.properties.PerspectivePropsPanel ``` ---
**Author:** ![chuck.jonkman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/chuck.jonkman/32/5704_2.png) [@chuck.jonkman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chuck.jonkman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-properties-wont-open-ignition-8-0-6/30151/6 "2019-11-21T18:58:51Z")
This showed up in the output console of the Designer… ```auto 12:56:46.787 [Browser Events Thread] INFO Perspective.SessionProps - store.Client: Hello API call failed: 'Error: Request failed with status code 500' ``` ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-properties-wont-open-ignition-8-0-6/30151/7 "2019-11-21T19:02:27Z")
It looks like the Perspective module is faulted in some way - can you download a gateway log dump, then try uninstalling and reinstalling just the Perspective module? You can individually download it from the website: [https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/archive/8.0.6](https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/archive/8.0.6) ---
**Author:** ![chuck.jonkman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/chuck.jonkman/32/5704_2.png) [@chuck.jonkman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chuck.jonkman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-properties-wont-open-ignition-8-0-6/30151/8 "2019-11-21T20:12:41Z")
The Perspective module appears to have been corrupted. Reinstalling it resolved the problem. Thank you for the help!