# Why I have black screen?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/why-i-have-black-screen/6902>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 23, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/why-i-have-black-screen/6902 "2019-05-23T18:31:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/why-i-have-black-screen/6902/6 "2021-11-24T19:45:03Z")

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Thanks for taking the time for letting other users know what worked for you. It is important to note that the answers above are not wrong, but of course there may be many different reasons behind the same symptom and not all solution work for everyone.

To better understand the impact of running Slicer as an administrator (on old Windows versions?), I’ve posted some questions to clarify - see here:

> [@Slicer opens with black screen on Windows with Slicer-4.11.20210226](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-opens-with-black-screen-on-windows-with-slicer-4-11-20210226/16531/5):
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> You can go back and download earlier Slicer versions as described [here](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/FAQ/General#Where_can_I_download_Slicer.3F).

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