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Hi Everyone,
getting the below error whenever I try to open the power BI file am working on.
need help with that please.
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Hi @Anonymous ,
so you already installed the Power BI Desktop Client and now you try to open a .pbix file but the App wont start?
May be you uninstall the Client and install the newest Version?
Best,
Kathrin
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Looking at the icon has a power bi logo, it seems like you had power BI seems to have corrupted or the current user does not have access.
Maybe you have to reinstall.
Looking at the icon has a power bi logo, it seems like you had power BI seems to have corrupted or the current user does not have access.
Maybe you have to reinstall.
Hi @Anonymous ,
so you already installed the Power BI Desktop Client and now you try to open a .pbix file but the App wont start?
May be you uninstall the Client and install the newest Version?
Best,
Kathrin
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Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution!
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