<sect1 id="troubleshooting-not-opening"> <sect1info> <authorgroup> <author>&Lauri.Watts;</author> </authorgroup> </sect1info> <title>When An Application Will Not Open</title> <para>Sometimes when you start an application, it does not open the expected window. Here are some questions to answer and steps to help you figure out what is wrong.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>Did the application ever start, when launched in the same manner?</term> <listitem><para>If it did, for instance you have clicked an icon on your desktop that previously worked, then it is unlikely to be a problem with the launcher itself.</para> <para>If, however, you normally start your application from an icon on &kicker; and this time started it with a desktop icon, then it could simply be that the launcher itself is wrong.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>But I can see the launch notification spinning cursor and taskbar entry. </term> <listitem><para>Foo</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file Local variables: mode: xml sgml-omittag:nil sgml-shorttag:nil sgml-namecase-general:nil sgml-general-insert-case:lower sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-always-quote-attributes:t sgml-indent-step:0 sgml-indent-data:true sgml-parent-document:("index.docbook" "book" "sect1") sgml-exposed-tags:nil sgml-local-catalogs:nil sgml-local-ecat-files:nil End: -->