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My Power BI Report Builder application stopped working, I have NET Framework 4.8 installed and have re-installed Report Builder several times but it still won't open.
Here are the logs from Event Viewer:
FIRST ERROR LOG:
Application: PowerBIReportBuilder.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.Xml.XmlException
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(System.Exception)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseAttributeValueSlow(Int32, Char, NodeData)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseAttributes()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElement()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(System.Xml.XmlDocument)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(System.Xml.XmlReader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(System.String)
at Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Properties.Settings+RBSettingsProvider.GetReader(System.String)
at Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Properties.Settings+RBSettingsProvider.GetPropertyValues(System.Configuration.SettingsContext, System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyCollection)
at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.GetPropertiesFromProvider(System.Configuration.SettingsProvider)
at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.GetPropertyValueByName(System.String)
at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.get_Item(System.String)
at System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.GetPropertyValue(System.String)
at System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.get_Item(System.String)
at Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Properties.Settings.get_RecentDataSources()
at Microsoft.ReportDesigner.ApplicationSettings.get_Settings()
at Microsoft.ReportDesigner.ApplicationSettings.set_IsWindowsStoreVersion(Boolean)
at Microsoft.ReportDesigner.Program.Main(System.String[])
SECOND ERROR LOG:
Faulting application name: PowerBIReportBuilder.exe, version: 15.7.1799.16, time stamp: 0xccbe8110
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.19041.2130, time stamp: 0xb0fac6c9
Exception code: 0xe0434352
Fault offset: 0x000000000002cd29
Faulting process id: 0x43d4
Faulting application start time: 0x01d8e14f12d25d27
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Power BI Report Builder\PowerBIReportBuilder.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 1be0660c-6803-4bc7-b3a5-10ce668aad7c
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Hi @Anonymous ,
According to the error message, here're some similar problems, hope it helps:
The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. (microsoft.com)
The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception - Microsoft Community
Solved: Power BI Desktop can't start properly due to error... - Microsoft Power BI Community
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ kalyj
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