Handbrake won’t open start and run on Windows 10 or 11?
I updated Handbrake on Windows 10 to version 1.6.1 today and found that no matter what I did, it would not open and run. I uninstalled and reinstalled, deleted preferences and app data, absolutely nothing worked. I searched and searched online and found lots of suggestions, but ultimately nothing worked.
I knew Handbrake required Microsoft’s Dot Net Framework, and I wondered if something might have gone bad here. I downloaded the latest version and when I went to install it, my PC told me I already had the latest version installed…So now what…
I ended up digging through Handbrakes official forum and found a hint from one of the members. At the time of publishing the current version of Dot Net Runtime Environment is 6.0.14. This was not working for me. I Found a link to 6.0.13 and downloaded it, and I was able to install it. And surprise surprise, Handbrake booted right up! I have since read that some other people were not able to roll back, and I am wondering if this might be because they are on Windows 11? My old test PC doesn’t meet the requirements for 11 so it is still running Windows 10, and I had no problems installing and running version 6.0.13.
You can download Dot Net V6.0.13 HERE
Hopefully this resolves your problem as well!
thanks, it worked for me
Glad you found it useful!
Didn’t work for me, Win10, thanks anyway, great website, found the info useful, especially the HEVC pages
Scratch that, I tried again and it worked 😅
Excellent news Jason! Glad you are up and running again!
Worked for me as well. Thanks for posting it.
Worked for me. Running Windows 11 Home edition