Unable to open Atom

Question

I am unable to open my Atom Editor. It was working fine until yesterday, but don't know why it won't open today. No windows update or anything on my computer. I tried deleting the 'Storage' folder as mentioned in some online forums, doesn't help. Any suggestions? I am using Atom version 1.19.6.0.

Thanks.

Answer 1

If you're using MAC OS and have similar problem, try this: Open Window tab

and then click Zoom.

Answer 2

Atom will sometime fail to open because of a bad configuration-file.

To better diagnose this on Windows (10), try running atom from a CMD window:

1. Open the task-manager and kill any instance of Atom that is listed there
2. Open a Command-window -
   Ctrl+Esc > (type "command") > Enter
3. Go to where Atom is installed -
   cd %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Local/atom/app-*
4. Run Atom -
   atom.exe

If you see an error message at this point, it should help identify the problem.

If still not clear, you can try moving the main configuration-file,
which is in a different folder:

1. cd %USERPROFILE%/.atom/
2. rename config.cson config.SAVE.cson
3. Go to where Atom is installed (again) -
   cd %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Local/atom/app-*
4. Run Atom -
   atom.exe

Based on this answer on the Atom forum:
https://discuss.atom.io/t/atom-will-not-open-windows/47489