Unfortunately no. And yes other developer applications work perfectly. I was thinking of downloading Local on friends pc to check if all the files are there. If not I would try transfering them on my laptop, I don’t know if that would work.
I have tried transfering files but it still doesn’t work.
Does the device still have plenty of disk space available @aleksandarcapric? Are you utilizing an external drive of any kind?
Something else you could try to investigate further is Windows Event Viewer
This video shows you how to open the Event Viewer on your Windows 11 computer:
How to Use Event Viewer in Windows 11
- Opening: Right-click Start > Event Viewer, or type “Event Viewer” in search.
- Key Logs: Navigate to Windows Logs in the left pane.
- System: Focus here for hardware failures, driver issues, or unexpected shutdowns.
- Application: Use this to diagnose why a specific program crashed.
- Security: Tracks auditing events.
- Finding Issues: Look for “Error” (red circle) or “Warning” (yellow triangle) levels.
- Troubleshooting: Click on an event to see details in the “General” tab, specifically the Event ID and Source, to search for solutions online.
Those two events are unrelated noise @aleksandarcapric. Event Viewer can be tricky because you have to filter precisely to catch the right moment. Did you try to filter by timestamp?
You might have to do some deeper investigation. Here are some steps that might help:
- Filter by exact timestamp — note the time you try to launch the app to the minute, then in Event Viewer use Filter Current Log and set a narrow time window around that moment
- Look in Windows Logs > Application and Windows Logs > System — app crashes often log to both
- Also check Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > AppLocker if that folder exists, as it logs blocked executables silently
- Change the filter to show Error and Critical levels only to cut through the noise
If Event Viewer Still Shows Nothing
A clean crash before Windows even registers it won’t always produce a log. In that case, move to Process Monitor, which will catch it regardless:
- Download it free from Microsoft Sysinternals
- Open it and immediately apply a filter: Process Name → is → yourapp.exe
- Try launching the app while Process Monitor is running
- Look for any rows highlighted in red or showing results like ACCESS DENIED, NAME NOT FOUND, or PATH NOT FOUND
- Pay special attention to any DLL files or registry keys it tries to access right before it stops
Yeah, I was looking at a time I run Local, and that same time appears in Event Viewer with the information above.
There is a lot of rows with name not found:
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.6696799 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: Registry
Operation: RegQueryValue
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3132911526-4187885099-3942019365-1002\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\aleks\AppData\Local\Programs\Local\Local.exe
Duration: 0.0000095
Length: 40
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.6620115 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: File System
Operation: CreateFile
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin.exe
Duration: 0.0000050
Desired Access: Read Attributes
Disposition: Open
Options: Open Reparse Point
Attributes: n/a
ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete
AllocationSize: n/a
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.6619270 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: File System
Operation: CreateFile
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin.com
Duration: 0.0000150
Desired Access: Read Attributes
Disposition: Open
Options: Open Reparse Point
Attributes: n/a
ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete
AllocationSize: n/a
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.4180544 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: File System
Operation: CreateFile
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: C:\Users\aleks\AppData\Roaming\Local\error-reporting.json
Duration: 0.0000170
Desired Access: Read Attributes
Disposition: Open
Options: Open Reparse Point
Attributes: n/a
ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete
AllocationSize: n/a
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.4005833 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: File System
Operation: CreateFile
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: C:\Users\aleks\AppData\Roaming\Local\error-reporting.json
Duration: 0.0000122
Desired Access: Read Attributes
Disposition: Open
Options: Open Reparse Point
Attributes: n/a
ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete
AllocationSize: n/a
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.3914346 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: Registry
Operation: RegQueryValue
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Security\703fcc13-b66f-5868-ddd9-e2db7f381ffb
Duration: 0.0000095
Length: 528
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.3914100 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: Registry
Operation: RegQueryValue
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Security\703fcc13-b66f-5868-ddd9-e2db7f381ffb
Duration: 0.0000162
Length: 528
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.3913414 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: Registry
Operation: RegQueryValue
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Security\ed795972-60e8-4815-8634-cfaa21a89de7
Duration: 0.0000141
Length: 528
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.3913007 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: Registry
Operation: RegQueryValue
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Security\ed795972-60e8-4815-8634-cfaa21a89de7
Duration: 0.0000230
Length: 528
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.3899169 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: Registry
Operation: RegOpenKey
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\System\DNSClient
Duration: 0.0000051
Desired Access: Query Value
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.3898728 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: Registry
Operation: RegQueryValue
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\DNSClient\PrimaryDomainName
Duration: 0.0000021
Length: 12
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.3875904 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: File System
Operation: CreateFile
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: C:\Users\aleks\AppData\Local\Programs\Local\CRYPTBASE.DLL
Duration: 0.0000188
Desired Access: Read Attributes
Disposition: Open
Options: Open Reparse Point
Attributes: n/a
ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete
AllocationSize: n/a
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.3873398 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: Registry
Operation: RegQueryValue
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces{d9c4d842-9d29-4d38-8d34-086a45a6c1ad}\DhcpDomain
Duration: 0.0000026
Length: 12
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.3872847 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: Registry
Operation: RegQueryValue
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces{d9c4d842-9d29-4d38-8d34-086a45a6c1ad}\SearchList
Duration: 0.0000023
Length: 12
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.3872253 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: Registry
Operation: RegQueryValue
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces{b5094ec0-e600-496d-baae-416e214aa353}\DhcpDomain
Duration: 0.0000039
Length: 12
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.3871861 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: Registry
Operation: RegQueryValue
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces{b5094ec0-e600-496d-baae-416e214aa353}\SearchList
Duration: 0.0000019
Length: 12
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.3871317 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: Registry
Operation: RegQueryValue
Result: NAME NOT FOUND
Path: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces{770f48db-4de9-4c8c-9455-fc75574a0e2e}\DhcpDomain
Duration: 0.0000029
Length: 12
PATH NOT FOUND:
Date: 5/2/2026 9:11:59.5583566 AM
Thread: 10264
Class: File System
Operation: CreateFile
Result: PATH NOT FOUND
Path: C:\etc\alpine-release
Duration: 0.0000164
Desired Access: Read Attributes
Disposition: Open
Options: Open Reparse Point
Attributes: n/a
ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete
AllocationSize: n/a
These are just some of them, tell me if you want me to send you all of them but there is a lot. Also there appears REPARSE, FILE LOCKED WITH ONLY READERS and BUFFER OVERFLOW results.
FILE LOCKED WITH ONLY READERS could point to something still being locked down with permissions or security, set to Read Only for example.
We’re a bit at a loss here @aleksandarcapric as we’ve covered all of the usual culprits, and can’t replicate or have found any bugs under Windows 11.
You mentioned that your friend was able to get Local working on their device. Is it also on Windows 11? Maybe you could go through together and compare your setups. Reviewing all settings, configurations, etc