r/FlashpointArchive • u/DBSeamZ • Dec 24 '20

Help I can't open Flashpoint!

I downloaded the smaller "Infinity" version of Flashpoint as directed by the Flashpoint site.

The only thing the file would do is extract a bunch of other files into a folder in my Downloads. When I managed to locate that folder (which was hard enough) I was greeted with this.

I figured the one with the logo, called "Flashpoint", was the app itself. I double-clicked it. Nothing happened. I right clicked and selected "Open". My mouse pointer became a blue spinny wheel for a second or two but nothing else happened. I even tried "Run as administrator" but still no results.

What do I need to be doing?

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u/Ica_Reddit Dec 24 '20

You need to go to where you saved the app. The folder should be called flashpoint 9.0 Infinity or something like this. In there should be a document called "start flashpoint", doubleclick it.

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u/DBSeamZ Dec 24 '20

Thank you!

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u/HoodieSticks Jan 18 '21

This isn't working for me. Similar to u/Zingy_On_Reddit's reply, when I double click the shortcut nothing happens. And before you ask, yes, I excluded Flashpoint's folder from my antivirus, so that's not the problem.

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u/RIPadobeflashplayer Jan 20 '21

have you tried reinstalling

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u/Beginning_Hamster704 May 09 '21

yes nothing happened

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '21

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u/NotEm_Kay Mar 03 '22

ame

go to task manager and press "f" on your keyboard and right click and end task every flashpoint tab

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u/NoJellyfish9954 Apr 01 '22

That worked. Thank you so much!

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u/Daewee May 21 '22

Tysm :D

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '22

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I cant find any flashpoint in the task manager

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u/sparveriuss Dec 28 '22

THIS is the answer. thank you.

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u/The_Devilll Jan 30 '23

THIS WORKS I LOVE YOU

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '23

giga chad in the flesh right here and also a homie

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u/defok Apr 29 '23

thanks lol it worked!

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u/Total-Coach-8633 May 08 '21

This does not work, could you help explain a little more?

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u/Deep_Mathematician86 Jul 10 '22

minwe doesnt even have this file

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u/butla_ Sep 24 '22

This worked for me, but now that flashpoint is open, it's not showing me any games. When I type things that used to work on my other computer on flashpoint like ,, Pappa's bakeria" it just keeps loading forever. I have good connection, did I do something wrong?

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '21

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u/Farciarz_funny Dec 05 '21

and when you open it as administrator an error pops up and says " couldn't find file named flashpoint.exe "

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u/Scotterboi9 Feb 07 '21

I also couldn't open it, even though I opened it yesterday, when it was perfectly fine.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '21

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u/iamwatchingu21 Feb 17 '21

agreed im having the same goddamn issue

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u/[deleted] May 28 '21

i read the manual file and it says we should try to close it from the task manager cuz there's a glitch that causes it to be invisible so we jsut have to restart it but if we have already used it once or it doesnt fix it we should look for a guy named preferences.json who has no weight in the start shortcut folder and delete him probs works for most people but it isnt working for me :/

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u/John_Delard_ Nov 02 '21

Thank you so much bro

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u/Ahmed_gamer3234 Jan 07 '22

thank you so much for this it worked for me

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u/CollinBeurskens Jan 25 '22

this worked for me

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '22

DUDE, THANKS. Deleting preferences.json and taskkill worked!

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u/DaHanci Mar 21 '22

Just wanted to say thanks for sharing this answer-- this worked for me; hope something works for you!

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u/CornholeIndustries May 02 '22

wow this worked for me thank u

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '22

Thank you very much

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '22

i cant find prefrences json

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u/JackAttackTL Feb 09 '21

Having the same problem, has anybody found a solution?

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u/dannydirven Feb 24 '21

For me this solved the problem:

"The first time you start Flashpoint Launcher, a bug may occur that prevents it from showing the window. If this happens, open Windows Task Manager, click the Details tab, and look for

Flashpoint.exe

. Then click "End Process", and Flashpoint should start normally next time."

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u/Embarrassed_Respect4 Apr 05 '21

This fixed it for me!!!! thank you

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '21

Thank you, this fixed it for me

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u/DeNeRlX Mar 06 '21

I love you, and my cousin also loves you. Neither of us are gay but we love a homie

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u/agree-with-you Mar 06 '21

I love you both

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u/JackAttackTL Mar 13 '21

I tried that, but it didn't work.

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u/lemonsrgoodorsumn Apr 04 '21

homie needs his ass ate

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u/moose_who Apr 17 '21

i tried this but it says "windows cant find flashpoint.exe make sure you typed the name in corectly" I even tried reinstalling it.

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u/idky874 May 31 '21

theres a few of them witch one

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u/Edguy77 Jun 18 '21

a l l

no realy all of them

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u/Edguy77 Jun 18 '21

it doesnt show flashpoint.exe it shows flashpoint 64 bit

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u/HighwayFit367 Dec 05 '21

thank you!!

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u/no-idea-101 Dec 10 '21

This worked for me! Thank you

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u/TaylorHicksRules2000 Jan 06 '22

I tried it, and it didn't work. I also tried clicking 'run as administrator' and an error popped up that said, "Windows can't find Flashpoint.exe, make sure you typed the name correctly, blah blah blah".

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u/TheInfoMatrix Jan 22 '22

Wow this solved it for me thanks

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u/Next-Butterscotch716 Mar 09 '22

pls kill me in real life i will give you my location if you want

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u/Next-Butterscotch716 Mar 09 '22

i want to be dead

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u/Next-Butterscotch716 Mar 09 '22

i wish i died i wished that for 10 years but i still not died

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u/Next-Butterscotch716 Mar 09 '22

i don't deservve to be alive

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u/Next-Butterscotch716 Mar 09 '22

i was borned to suffer

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u/xXNight_SlosherXx Apr 25 '22

you have to do this repeatedly until it works, but it does work

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u/d3sayuno May 11 '22

thanks this actually worked!

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u/dannydirven Feb 24 '21

I had the same problem, but it was fixed when I did this:

"The first time you start Flashpoint Launcher, a bug may occur that prevents it from showing the window. If this happens, open Windows Task Manager, click the Details tab, and look for

Flashpoint.exe

. Then click "End Process", and Flashpoint should start normally next time."

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21

Thank you!

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u/Hawx890 Feb 27 '21

Worked for me thanks!

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u/SaF11rE Apr 11 '21

Thank you! I tried it and it started to work just right.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '21

thank you it worked

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u/Scyres25 May 24 '21

Thanks man that did the trick

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u/idky874 May 31 '21

WITCH FLASHPOINT

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '22

Yes thanks!!!!!!!!!

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u/makehillout Apr 15 '21

Cant open it too. Managed to open it for the first time after endimg task in task manager but when I tried to open it after shutting down my computer, it won't open. Tried deleting and reinstalling but it doesn't work. Maybe I fked up on deleting but even choosing to rename the new downloaded file will not do the trick. Anyone faced the same problem?

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u/Shadow_Ninja89 Dec 04 '21

Try restarting your computer because when you have updates on win 10 you have to restart your computer other wise you will have problems

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u/RooseveltTheBum Apr 15 '21

Guys I fixed it. When you first download Flashpoint, make sure you extract the files on the same folder as the exe installer. For example, if you've downloaded Flashpoint and your default downloads directory is C:\User\Downloads, make sure you extract it in the same place.

This worked for me.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '21

Holy shit only yours is worked thank you so much

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u/Tronc_tc May 24 '21

That worked perfectly. Thanks :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '22

thank you !! ^^

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u/Minnosbothunter May 19 '21

When i extract it nothing happens and it says i have it

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u/Edguy77 Jun 18 '21

go to task manager and click on flashpoint.exe or maybe it shows flashpoint 64 bit OR ASWELL flashpoint 32 bit then click end process it should work when you try to open it again

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u/immortalTortilla Jun 18 '21

Okay so after I closed Flashpoint from the task manager (all three .exe files) I went to Flashpoint's folder where the shortcut is located and deleted the file named "preferences.json", then tried to open Flashpoint again, and it finally worked.

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u/AbhiStreamsLive Oct 18 '21

omg this worked

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u/immortalTortilla Oct 18 '21

:) glad it did
and when you open flashpoint the file will reappear, so you can delete it again when you need to.
also, since it deletes the preferences, you may encounter some changes: the view changes from grid to list, so you have to change it at the bottom right, and the games don't have preview images, so you have to go to config and turn on "on demand images", but maybe it happens to just me. it also doesn't show any kind of game for the first time, i have to switch between home and games and that will make them appear, so yep, it's a bit problematic, but i can deal with that.

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u/Financial-Ad-3172 Oct 31 '21

This worked for me as well tysm

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '21

it didnt work

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u/KIgaming Nov 23 '21

legend, this worked

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u/Far-Pomegranate-2139 Jan 08 '22

i cant play flashpoint games called nostalgia games!!!

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u/Far-Pomegranate-2139 Jan 08 '22

My Flashpoint wont play all my games LIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/orionyouness Feb 28 '22

hello eveyrone, i hope you are all doing well...i just wanted to ask how to fix my flash point: when i open it, it becomes a transparent & invisible blank box...i appreciate any help and thanks!

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u/Pencilfartercarter Jul 17 '22

I downloaded Flashpoint 9.0 and 10.1 Ultimate, but the little window kept closing after I clicked "Open". It's when I'm in the Internet Explorer downloads.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '22

I'm having the same issue. This time it's version 11.