Dear friends, I upgraded my system to Windows 11 recently, and the 3D Slicer no longer working. When I open 3D Slicer, after the flashes loading all the modules and poping up the Slicer interface, the window white out and title shows “3D Slicer 4.11.20210226 (Not Responding)” no matter how long I …

I’ve just tried Slicer-4.11.20210226 and the latest Slicer Preview Release and they both started up without issues. Check out these troubleshooting instructions and let us know what you find.

Thank you my friend. I found that it might be the dual monitor issue mentioned in another post. I will delete this post. Thank you for your help!

Yes I think so. One monitor worked fine. Thank you for mention this. I may delete this post and discuss this matter in the other post.

I had the same issue, it appears that Slicer has an issue with booting up when two monitors are used.

That thread is over two years old and for an older version of Slicer. Have you tried with the latest stable? Do you still have the issue. We routinely use Slicer on Windows 10/11 with dual monitor setups without any hiccup. It is also a possibility with your graphics driver or monitor setup.

I think older Windows versions had issues with restoring application window positions when the same computer is used sometimes with one, sometimes with multiple monitors. You can reset the application settings by removing the Slicer.ini file. You can do that by typing this into Windows Command Prom…

Slicer Not Responding on Windows11

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jamesobutler (James Butler) May 2, 2022, 12:55pm 3

Is this the same issue as you what you posted at the following? There you seem to suggest 3D Slicer loads normally when you have 1 monitor, but then does not open normally when you have 2 monitors. This was on Windows 11 using Slicer 4.11.20210226?

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