# When starting applications in Anaconda desktop keep getting an error message

**URL:** <https://forum.anaconda.com/t/when-starting-applications-in-anaconda-desktop-keep-getting-an-error-message/9449>\
**Category:** Anaconda & Miniconda\
**Created:** [February 7, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/when-starting-applications-in-anaconda-desktop-keep-getting-an-error-message/9449 "2022-02-07T19:02:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wolfgang\_Gerber1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/db6015/32.png) [@Wolfgang\_Gerber1](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Wolfgang_Gerber1)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/when-starting-applications-in-anaconda-desktop-keep-getting-an-error-message/9449/1 "2022-02-07T19:02:16Z")

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This is the error message; Exit code: 1 when I try to launch any application. I have reinstalled the software and deleted .condarc. After a restart the error persists. Also when installing RStudio it won’t install in the base environment.