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Issues Getting Intel XDK to run - hangs on startup


I've checked googles and stacks and cannot find an answer for my issue, so I'm asking here.

I've installed Intel XDK 2 on my system (Win 7 64b Pro) but cannot get it to start up. I've uninstalled and reinstalled.

I have it installed in the default directory \users\\AppData\Intel\XDK (I think that was it) so there shouldn't be an issue with permissions.

It comes up with the "Initializing page" but nothing else. I've left it be for about 1 hour while I worked on something else, but the window never changes and the app doesn't start. If I kill it and reopen it says that it didn't close properly and asks if I want a normal or safe start; I've tried both options.

Anyone have any issue with this?

(and please don't suggest phonegap / cordova... I've tried to install that on Eclipse and Visual Studio and both have failed miserably to simply work, even with the googles assisting me).


Solution

  • Two things to try:

    -- Make sure you have a valid hosts file, for some folks this has been a problem getting the XDK to start, for unknown reasons, some systems either are missing their hosts file or have invalid entries which can sometimes cause trouble. On Windows, your hosts file is located here:

    \Windows\System32\drivers\etc

    -- Uninstall the XDK and then completely remove these two directories from your system:

    %AppData%\..\Local\XDK

    %AppData%\..\Local\Intel\XDK