# Unable to open CMake on Windows 10

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-open-cmake-on-windows-10/816
**Category:** Usage
**Tags:** os:windows
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 8:35am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-open-cmake-on-windows-10/816 "2020-03-18T08:35:43Z")
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### Author: ![jannepietila](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@jannepietila](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/jannepietila)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/unable-to-open-cmake-on-windows-10/816/3 "2020-03-18T12:53:19Z")

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If I run cmake.exe form cmd line, it seems to work properly (I guess), no errors.  
If I run the cmake-gui.exe from cmd line, the same thing happens as before and no output or error messages. (so I’m unable to do anything with the gui)  
I was checking that, when the CMake GUI appears in the Windows toolbar and I hover on the thumbnail, it shows the last project folder, where I used previously CMake for building. So, might this be some problem that it remembers the last project and somehow tries accessing it? (picture attached on this)

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