Cursor does not open in windows

Bug Reports
1

Hi, I installed the latest version and the cursor doesn’t open.

I restarted the computer and it still doesn’t open.

I also installed older versions and the cursor still doesn’t open.

I don’t know what to do.

2

Try to completely uninstall Cursor using “Add or Remove Programs” and also remove all related data. More details here:

3

I already did that, and the same problem persists; it won’t open.

Other programs like VS Code, etc., also work with Windsurf.

4

Which version of Windows

What happens when you try to open Cursor

5

Windows 11 Pro N, Version: 26100.3476

nothing happens, when I click open cursor nothing happens nor does anything open in the task list etc.

6

I had it working without any problem, but since April 1st, when I renewed my subscription, when I tried to open the program it stopped working, it did nothing, it didn’t show an error or anything.

7

I already solved it, I went to the folder where the Cursor.exe is

Then open the terminal and run: Cursor.exe and there I got the error which was:

[21512:0402/172938.711:ERROR:node_bindings.cc(380)] Most NODE_OPTIONs are not supported in packaged apps. See documentation for more details.
[21512:0402/172938.712:ERROR:node_bindings.cc(380)] Most NODE_OPTIONs are not supported in packaged apps. See documentation for more details.

So in my terminal I run: set NODE_OPTIONS=

But the cursor only works if I open it from the Terminal/CMD Windows

8

But it’s still annoying that it can’t be opened directly. Now I have to run Cursor.exe from the terminal.

I deleted it and reinstalled it, and nothing.

9

It was working in older versions, right?

11

I tried installing previous versions and it doesn’t work either, I don’t know if it’s because of the node js version or something.

12

Does 0.46 work?

Maybe need to check windows event log for errors

13

I tried older versions and nothing.

There are no error logs in the courses folder.

14

Try checking your display settings or making sure your graphics drivers are up to date.

15

I had exactly the same problem.
Check your Windows environment variables, most likely there is an incorrect NODE_OPTIONS variable.
It helped me when I fixed it.

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16

I just deleted that environment variable and it works!

Now it works normally!

This solves the problem.