Security Reminder
Local does a pretty good job of scrubbing private info from the logs and the errors it produces, however there’s always the possibility that something private can come through. Because these are public forums, always review the screenshots you are sharing to make sure there isn’t private info like passwords being displayed.
I took a closer look at the Local log and there isn’t much in the way of a specific error.
One thing that is interesting is that, frequently, the last line before the app is re-started looks something like this:
{"class":"Updater","level":"info","message":"Checking for updates for: win32-ia32-production","thread":"main","timestamp":"2025-05-06T03:27:23.842Z"}
The win32-ia32 part makes me wonder if this is a 32bit machine. Because 32bit architecture isn’t supported in many OSes, newer versions of Local don’t support this:
The most interesting thing is that it used to work perfectly, and suddenly, just opening localwp causes it to load in a loop.
I’ve tried several alternatives, uninstalled it, and reinstalled the latest version. I deleted all the files for the new installation, and the same problem persists.
I’ve even considered formatting my Windows, but I’m looking for other alternatives. I hope you can help me.
Hey @charlesjr! We have a Windows Troubleshooting guide below that goes over some common items worth checking. For example, make sure you’re running Local as an admin user, that you don’t have any security blockers, and that Local has access to update your Hosts file.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to solve the problem after following all these solutions.
What’s strange is that there’s no blocking whatsoever. When you run localwp, it simply opens and stays on the screen with the circle image loading, but it doesn’t leave that screen, as shown in the screenshot.
Please could you try running Local.exe from the command line, then share the output at the point when Local stops loading?
On Windows you can do this:
Open PowerShell. (Press the Windows key, search for PowerShell — it should be installed as “Windows PowerShell” by default.)
Paste this line and press enter, being sure to replace your-username with your Windows username first: C:\Users\your-username\AppData\Local\Programs\Local\Local.exe.
If you’re not sure what to replace your-username with, check what user folders you have under C:\Users in Windows File Explorer.
Local will attempt to launch and you should see console output that you can share with us here. I’m interested to learn what the last 5-10 messages are when Local stops loading, but you can share all output if you wish.
If you can help me, I will be very grateful, I’m already giving up trying to solve this problem, I even thought about formatting Windows, but at the moment it’s not worth it because I have to reinstall all the programs.
Navigate to This PC → [Your hard drive] → Users → [Your username] → AppData → Roaming → Local.
Rename the ‘addons’ folder to ‘addons-backup’.
Rename the ‘lightning-services’ folder to ‘lightning-services-backup’.
Start Local. It will recreate those folders for you with a clean state. If Local now launches, you can reinstall any add-ons you were using.
If that does not help, it’s also worth double-checking that no antivirus or security programs are stopping Local from running processes or accessing the filesystem.
Thanks again for your perseverance, @charlesjr. I can’t think of anything else specific to Local that would prevent it from loading on start. I’m also able to run Local 9.2.7 on Windows.
Are you certain you have no software blocking Local from loading or reading the filesystem?
Has anything else changed about your system recently since Local was working for you?
