# Trouble with opening 3D Slicer

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/trouble-with-opening-3d-slicer/44528>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 19, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/trouble-with-opening-3d-slicer/44528 "2025-09-19T04:10:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![binhyc11](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/binhyc11/32/79576_2.png) [@binhyc11](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/binhyc11)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/trouble-with-opening-3d-slicer/44528/1 "2025-09-19T04:10:42Z")

</div>

I got myself in trouble with opening the application on Windows 11 v24H2.

Context: Our lab was moving so I had to unplug my desktop for a month. Couple of days before when I clicked on the 3D Slicer icon, I saw the app in blank white. I have tried uninstall, re-install, install multiple versions, but nothing worked. I have also updated the Windows but no difference. Before moving the lab, I worked on the app perfectly.

Current status: When I move the cursor to the menu bar, it can show the options but nothing more.

Question: What would be the cause and how to solve it? I really appreciate any help.

 ![69c55941-ad0d-4b72-9e21-763733594858](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/d/f/df1f1b8348650debfe09ed5510c2f2bc945ce441.jpeg)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/trouble-with-opening-3d-slicer/44528/2 "2025-09-19T05:54:57Z")

</div>

Application is launching but GUI is not visible. This is often due to graphics driver issues. Windows often updates quite a bit of things after the computer has been offline a while.

Perhaps reinstalling the graphics driver on your system and then see if it works.

Also do you have more than one GPU in your system (eg., an integrated one and a discrete one).