Starting Recuva

Every time I try to load Recuva, the window opens for less than a second and closes again. I am unable to use the program because it never fully loads. There is no error message when this happens. I am able to run both CCleaner & Speccy just fine. Does anyone know what would cause this or how to get it to work?

This is what I am working with (courtesy of Speccy):

Operating System

MS Windows XP Media Center Edition Professional 32-bit SP3

CPU

Intel Pentium 4 524

Prescott 90nm Technology

RAM

1.00 GB Single-Channel DDR2 @ 266MHz (4-4-4-12)

Motherboard

Hewleet-Packard Asterope (CPU 1) 30 °C

Graphics

DELL IN1910N (1366x768@60Hz)

ATI video (HP)

Hard Drives

195GB Western Digital WDC WD2000JD-60KLB0 (SATA) 31 °C

Optical Drives

LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-160H6S

Audio

Realtek High Definition Audio

Hi pinkdroyd, and welcome to the forum.

This has happened before with Recuva and it seems pretty certain that it's a conflict with something else on your computer.

Is this the first time you've used Recuva, or is it a new occurrence after a period of running OK?

One or two things to try.

You could try downloading another installer in case the one you used was corrupt in some way. Sometimes downloading with a different browser can make a difference, and make sure you download it to your computer to run the installer. Don't open it and install on-line.

If that fails to make a difference, try running Recuva in "Safe Mode" (how-to in my signature if you don't know). If it runs OK, then it's more than likely a software conflict, and we'll need to try a process of elimination to track down the culprit.

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Can you please post your /debug file?