smj013
9 years agoRegular Visitor
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Power BI Desktop won't open. Stuck on "Initializing Model"...
please help. I've been having this issue for several weeks and have tried many things. Have checked all your previous tickets with the issue reported. But it does not seem you've found a consistent...
smj013
9 years agoRegular Visitor
So I found a backdoor to solving the problem... this is for everyone who is having the same issue...
I completely uninstalled all the Power BI files on my machine. I then created a new OS user profile. Logged in and downloaded the latest version of Power BI x64. Ran it and it worked. I then tried logging into my regular OS user profile. It works there too.
Not sure what is creating the problem. but at least it's working for me now.