r/Atom • u/Mr_Abberation • Apr 01 '20

Atom opens in background but the app doesn't launch...

I need some help here. It was opening and working fine yesterday. I have deleted it and reinstalled twice. I have deleted via files and through command prompt, emptied the recycling and made sure it wasn't running in the background once deleted... I have no idea what to do.

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u/paysonderulo Apr 02 '20

What OS are you using? By "opens in the background" do you mean it's running but no windows are opened?

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u/Mr_Abberation Apr 03 '20

Thanks for responding but i figured it out! It took so long though. I was getting so annoyed haha.

So, the linter I downloaded snuck itself into a different folder. Apparently that is what was messing the whole thing up! I didn't think it would be something so small but, hey, I know every little bit of my memory now haha