Report Builder does not launch - help needed

[hhlaine]

HI all, I would appreciate help on starting the app. Previous versions worked but I installed 15.7.1799.16 (latest) and it only briefly flashes the usual "Little Yellow Screen" and then does nothing. 

Tried:

1. Unistall- Reboot-Reinstall

2. Deleted "C:\Users\Kone\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Power BI Report Builder\15.7\user.config"

3. Re installed after deleting

4. Tried "Repair Installation"

Traces show only: 2022-09-06 13:48:39.7028|INFO|PowerBIReportBuilder|Initialized logging service nothing more

I'm currently out of ideas - maybe some registry setting could help - but what?

WIn 10 Home 10.019043

i7-8700K, 32 GB RAM

[Anonymous]

Hi  @hhlaine ,

Whether your problem has been resolved? If yes, could you please mark the helpful post as Answered? It will help the others in the community find the solution easily if they face the same problem as yours. Thank you.

Best Regards

[Anonymous]

Hi @hhlaine ,

Please check if it fullfill the following system requirement when you install the latest version of Report builder, you can find the details in this link.

Best Regards

[hhlaine]

Hi, yes, thanks @Anonymous  but actually forgot to mention that .NET requirement is met on my computer. Tried re-installing/upgrading that also with the latest .NET versions but it says that my system has allready that.

[Anonymous]

Hi @hhlaine ,

The following links are the ones which has the similar problem as yours, please check if their solution can help you solve the problem...

Report Builder will not launch

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After spending much time researching, we were able to come to a successful resolution as outlined below.

 1) Remove every .NET Framework from the machine.

            We had previously not removed all versions

2) Download & Install the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package (Which can be obtained directly from Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=10CC340B-F857-4A14-83F5-25634C3BF043&displa...)

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SSRS Desktop Report Builder Applicartion fails to Launch

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Yeah look under users home AppData/Local/Microsoft and try deleting or renaming "Report Builder" folder. Sometimes the app messes some preferences and then crashes. That worked for me (might be also localLow or roaming folders) – sproketboy Feb 25 at 22:11

The solution provided by sproketboy in their comment on Feb 25 at 22:11 worked for me. Given that it actually solved this situation for me, I'm re-posting it here as an answer.

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Best Regards