I had searched the forms and noticed another user reported the same issue as me, however there never appeared to be an answer or followup:
Nextcloud Talk Windows Client starting issue -
In short, I open the NextCloud Talk app from the Github, it opens but stays stuck on the clouds flying by but nothing ever happens. I have tried to install as administrator etc nothing.
EVTFB
December 27, 2025, 1:16pm
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opened 08:54PM - 22 Feb 25 UTC
closed 12:56AM - 24 Feb 25 UTC
bug
0. Needs triage
Upon opening Nextcloud Talk on Windows, the app keeps displaying the splash anim… ation. It never opens completely. I've tried the beta as well and it's the same thing.
I'm running the latest Windows 11 Pro version.
Thank you.
Regards!
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## Steps to reproduce
1. Open Nextcloud Talk, and Talk Beta
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### Expected behaviour
It should open the app after displaying the splash screen.
### Actual behaviour
The splash animation displays indefinately, and the app doesn't open completely.
## Diagnosis and logs
<details>
<summary>Diagnosis report</summary>
Insert a diagnosis report here.
It can be found in the About window (open from the menu or via <kbd>F1</kbd> and click on "Copy report" button).
</details>
<details>
<summary>Client logs</summary>
Press <kbd>Ctrl+Shift+I</kbd> (<kbd>Cmd+Option+C</kbd> on macOS) or use the context menu to open the developer tools, then go to the Console tab.
```
Insert error logs here.
```
</details>
Looks like you can get around the issue by deleting the Nextcloud Talk folder in %AppData% first then opening the app again.
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