Zotero on Windows Won't Show Up
For some reasons, my Zotero window got stuck on startup twice the past few days. No window shows up after running Zotero.
I'm using the latest beta version. The only change I made recently was trying to write a plugin but I already removed the plugin.
Restarting the computer will fix the problem but this never happened before. Please help. Thank you!
The debug below:
```
zotero(3)(+0000000): monkey-patch: 5.0.97-beta.33+fdcd4e51c: BBT enabled
zotero(3)([31;40m+0000358[0m): Using data directory C:\Users\MYNAME\Zotero
zotero(3)(+0000002): BBT: loading content/LinkLocalFiles.ts
zotero(3)(+0000000): BBT: loaded content/LinkLocalFiles.ts
zotero(3)(+0000014): Asynchronously opening database 'zotero'
zotero(3)(+0000000): C:\Users\MYNAME\Zotero\zotero.sqlite
zotero(4)(+0000029): PRAGMA main.locking_mode=EXCLUSIVE
zotero(4)(+0000002): PRAGMA page_size
zotero(4)(+0000002): PRAGMA cache_size=250
zotero(4)(+0000001): PRAGMA foreign_keys=true
zotero(4)([31;40m+0000259[0m): SELECT version FROM version WHERE schema='system'
zotero(3)(+0000143): Proxy not required for https://zoteroproxycheck.s3.amazonaws.com/test
zotero(4)(+0000006): SELECT version FROM version WHERE schema='userdata'
zotero(4)(+0000003): SELECT version FROM version WHERE schema='compatibility'
zotero(3)([31;40m+0000287[0m): Setting mode to note
zotero(3)(+0000009): Setting mode to note
zotero(3)(+0000005): Setting mode to note
zotero(3)(+0000005): Setting mode to note
zotero(4)(+0000011): SELECT value FROM settings WHERE setting='db' AND key='integrityCheck'
zotero(3)(+0000042): HTTP GET resource://zotero/schema/global/schema.json
zotero(3)(+0000019): HTTP GET resource://zotero/schema/global/schema.json succeeded with 200
zotero(4)(+0000006): SELECT version FROM version WHERE schema='globalSchema'
zotero(3)(+0000026): Database is up to date with global schema version 13 -- skipping update
zotero(3)(+0000001): HTTP GET resource://zotero/schema/userdata.sql
zotero(3)(+0000013): HTTP GET resource://zotero/schema/userdata.sql succeeded with 200
zotero(4)(+0000001): PRAGMA foreign_keys = false
zotero(4)([31;40m+0000392[0m): Beginning DB transaction ER8ODz1x
zotero(3)(+0000020): {Zutilo} Fri Jul 23 2021 11:37:28 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time): copyTags
....
zotero(3)(+0000029): PluginInstaller: fetching addon info
zotero(3)(+0000004): PluginInstaller: addon info fetched
zotero(3)(+0000019): BBT startup
zotero(3)(+0000002): {better-bibtex} +null Loading Better BibTeX: starting...
```
I'm using the latest beta version. The only change I made recently was trying to write a plugin but I already removed the plugin.
Restarting the computer will fix the problem but this never happened before. Please help. Thank you!
The debug below:
```
zotero(3)(+0000000): monkey-patch: 5.0.97-beta.33+fdcd4e51c: BBT enabled
zotero(3)([31;40m+0000358[0m): Using data directory C:\Users\MYNAME\Zotero
zotero(3)(+0000002): BBT: loading content/LinkLocalFiles.ts
zotero(3)(+0000000): BBT: loaded content/LinkLocalFiles.ts
zotero(3)(+0000014): Asynchronously opening database 'zotero'
zotero(3)(+0000000): C:\Users\MYNAME\Zotero\zotero.sqlite
zotero(4)(+0000029): PRAGMA main.locking_mode=EXCLUSIVE
zotero(4)(+0000002): PRAGMA page_size
zotero(4)(+0000002): PRAGMA cache_size=250
zotero(4)(+0000001): PRAGMA foreign_keys=true
zotero(4)([31;40m+0000259[0m): SELECT version FROM version WHERE schema='system'
zotero(3)(+0000143): Proxy not required for https://zoteroproxycheck.s3.amazonaws.com/test
zotero(4)(+0000006): SELECT version FROM version WHERE schema='userdata'
zotero(4)(+0000003): SELECT version FROM version WHERE schema='compatibility'
zotero(3)([31;40m+0000287[0m): Setting mode to note
zotero(3)(+0000009): Setting mode to note
zotero(3)(+0000005): Setting mode to note
zotero(3)(+0000005): Setting mode to note
zotero(4)(+0000011): SELECT value FROM settings WHERE setting='db' AND key='integrityCheck'
zotero(3)(+0000042): HTTP GET resource://zotero/schema/global/schema.json
zotero(3)(+0000019): HTTP GET resource://zotero/schema/global/schema.json succeeded with 200
zotero(4)(+0000006): SELECT version FROM version WHERE schema='globalSchema'
zotero(3)(+0000026): Database is up to date with global schema version 13 -- skipping update
zotero(3)(+0000001): HTTP GET resource://zotero/schema/userdata.sql
zotero(3)(+0000013): HTTP GET resource://zotero/schema/userdata.sql succeeded with 200
zotero(4)(+0000001): PRAGMA foreign_keys = false
zotero(4)([31;40m+0000392[0m): Beginning DB transaction ER8ODz1x
zotero(3)(+0000020): {Zutilo} Fri Jul 23 2021 11:37:28 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time): copyTags
....
zotero(3)(+0000029): PluginInstaller: fetching addon info
zotero(3)(+0000004): PluginInstaller: addon info fetched
zotero(3)(+0000019): BBT startup
zotero(3)(+0000002): {better-bibtex} +null Loading Better BibTeX: starting...
```
But I noticed a red alert on the top right telling me two of my entries have abstracts that are too long. I've deleted those two (could it be that it triggered some Zotero self-check that takes time to run on startup?) and waiting if this happens again.
Thanks for the responses.
Let me see if disable BBT will fix it.
I just had a crash and submitted the error report at 1607747216. It might not be related, but it's the first crash ever so I'm posting it here for refrence.
If BBT is misbehaving to the point that you can't send a log that way, https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-debug-log will work. Same procedure, but "Send debug log to file.io" instead.