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Right after uninstalling and re-installing QGIS 3.4.4-2 using OSGEO4W Installer trying to start QGIS 3.4.4 I encounter the following error message:

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My C:\OSGeo4W64\bin\qgis-bin-g7.env looks like this:

PATH=C:\OSGEO4~1\apps\qgis\bin;C:\OSGEO4~1\apps\grass\grass-7.6.0\lib;C:\OSGEO4~1\apps\grass\grass-7.6.0\bin;C:\OSGEO4~1\apps\Python37;C:\OSGEO4~1\apps\Python37\Scripts;C:\OSGEO4~1\apps\qt5\bin;C:\OSGEO4~1\apps\Python27\Scripts;C:\OSGEO4~1\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WBem;C:\OSGEO4~1\apps\msys\bin
GDAL_DATA=C:\OSGEO4~1\share\gdal
GDAL_DRIVER_PATH=C:\OSGEO4~1\bin\gdalplugins
GDAL_FILENAME_IS_UTF8=YES
GEOTIFF_CSV=C:\OSGEO4~1\share\epsg_csv
GISBASE=C:\OSGEO4~1\apps\grass\grass-7.6.0
GRASS_PROJSHARE=C:\OSGEO4~1\share\proj
GRASS_PYTHON=C:\OSGEO4~1\bin\python.exe
JPEGMEM=1000000
OSGEO4W_ROOT=C:\OSGEO4~1
PROJ_LIB=C:\OSGEO4~1\share\proj
PYTHONHOME=C:\OSGEO4~1\apps\Python37
QGIS_PREFIX_PATH=C:/OSGEO4~1/apps/qgis
QT_PLUGIN_PATH=C:\OSGEO4~1\apps\qgis\qtplugins;C:\OSGEO4~1\apps\qt5\plugins
QT_RASTER_CLIP_LIMIT=4096
VSI_CACHE=TRUE
VSI_CACHE_SIZE=1000000
O4W_QT_PREFIX=C:/OSGEO4~1/apps/Qt5
O4W_QT_BINARIES=C:/OSGEO4~1/apps/Qt5/bin
O4W_QT_PLUGINS=C:/OSGEO4~1/apps/Qt5/plugins
O4W_QT_LIBRARIES=C:/OSGEO4~1/apps/Qt5/lib
O4W_QT_TRANSLATIONS=C:/OSGEO4~1/apps/Qt5/translations
O4W_QT_HEADERS=C:/OSGEO4~1/apps/Qt5/include

The first entry in the PATH variable points to the referred qgis_app.dll.

The error occurs no matter if I try to start the executable (qgis-bin-g7.exe) by double click or from the start menu or the related batchfile (qgis.bat or qgis-grass7.bat).

Even more confusing: I have installed both qgis-dev (3.5) and qgis (3.4.4). qgis-dev does start even if I double-click the executable (.exe) and qgis does NOT start (same error) when double-clicking the batchfiles as mentionend above. No way to make QGIS 3 start.

The *.env files and the batchfiles for qgis and qgis-dev look allmost the same.

What do I miss to make my QGIS 3 running again?!

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  • You could tr running QGIS as admin?
    – Jason
    Commented Jan 28, 2019 at 20:44
  • tried, but same error :-(
    – Jochen Schwarze
    Commented Jan 29, 2019 at 8:14
  • Having the same exact problem with running QGIS 3.10.0. I installed it yesterday, ran fine, no problems, tried to run QGIS 3.10.0 today and I get the same exact error message. The first entry in my PATH variable also points to qgis_app.dll (C:\Program Files\QGIS 3.10\bin\qgis-bin.env). Tried running as Administrator, no go. Restarted PC, no go. Never happened to me before today.
    – Rayner
    Commented Nov 6, 2019 at 13:58

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This error appears if you double click the qgis executable. Here is the error, in my case, if I try to access directly the executable: enter image description here

Try instead to start QGIS double clicking the corresponding batch file (in my case: qgis-dev-g7.4.0.bat, like bellow) and everything will be ok.

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  • Good hint, but some objections: I have installed both qgis-dev (3.5) and qgis (3.4.4). qgis-dev starts even if I double-click the executable (.exe) and qgis does NOT start (same error) when double-clicking the qgis-grass7.bat (or qgis.bat, respectively). I'll update my question accordingly.
    – Jochen Schwarze
    Commented Jan 29, 2019 at 8:05

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