Intel XDK Update won't Start

[David_M_7]

The Intel XDK program ran and installed an update this evening and ever since that I have yet to be able to open the program. Every time I attempt to start the program the error window appear with "The Intel XDK encountered a problem and must restart". I have restarted a few times and also tried to reinstall the program with the same result.

I pasted the error log below - any resolution to my issue would be appreciated.

xdk:client (1424741841738): Intel XDK: 1816
xdk:client (1424741841738): Platform: win32-ia32 (6.1.7601)
xdk:client (1424741841831): Starting client process initialization
xdk:server (1424741842818): Starting server process initialization
xdk:server (1424741843000): Http server started on the standard port 58889
xdk:server (1424741844124): Component "core:assert" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844125): Component "core:assert" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844125): Component "core:component-error" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844126): Component "core:component-error" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844126): Component "core:command-line-options" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844126): Component "core:command-line-options" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844126): Component "core:service-error" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844127): Component "core:service-error" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844127): Component "core:buffer" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844127): Component "core:buffer" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844127): Component "core:signaler" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844133): Component "core:signaler" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844133): Component "core:signaler-group" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844136): Component "core:signaler-group" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844136): Component "core:logger" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844138): Component "core:logger" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844138): Component "core:http-request" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844143): Component "core:http-request" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844143): Component "core:database" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844144): Component "core:database" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844144): Component "core:version" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844144): Component "core:version" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844145): Component "core:userfs-name-converter" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844146): Component "core:userfs-name-converter" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844146): Component "core:crash-handler" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844148): Component "core:crash-handler" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844148): Component "core:i18n-support" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844148): Component "core:i18n-support" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844148): Component "core:theme" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844214): Component "core:theme" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844216): Component "server:userfs" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844228): Component "server:userfs" calling init()
xdk:server (1424741844291): Component "server:userfs" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844291): Component "server:user-profile" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844296): Component "server:user-profile" calling init()
xdk:server (1424741844296): Component "server:user-profile" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844296): Component "server:projectInfo" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844298): Component "server:projectInfo" calling init()
xdk:server (1424741844298): Component "server:projectInfo" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844298): Component "server:ui-builder" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844381): Component "server:ui-builder" calling init()
xdk:server (1424741844384): Component "server:ui-builder" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844384): Component "server:emulator-notification" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844390): Component "server:emulator-notification" calling init()
xdk:server (1424741844390): Component "server:emulator-notification" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844390): Component "server:emulator-webserver" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844392): Component "server:emulator-webserver" calling init()
xdk:server (1424741844394): Component "server:emulator-webserver" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844394): Component "server:new-project-creator" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844399): Component "server:new-project-creator" calling init()
xdk:server (1424741844399): Component "server:new-project-creator" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844399): Component "server:zip-util" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844404): Component "server:zip-util" calling init()
xdk:server (1424741844404): Component "server:zip-util" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844404): Component "server:uuid-server" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844409): Component "server:uuid-server" calling init()
xdk:server (1424741844409): Component "server:uuid-server" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844409): Component "server:app-starter" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844420): Component "server:app-starter" calling init()
xdk:server (1424741844426): Component "server:app-starter" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844427): Component "server:force-download" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844431): Component "server:force-download" calling init()
xdk:server (1424741844432): Component "server:force-download" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844432): Component "server:updater" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844442): Component "server:updater" calling init()
server:updater (1424741844442): config.base-auto
server:updater (1424741844442): url=https://download.xdk.intel.com/xdk/
xdk:server (1424741844443): Component "server:updater" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844443): Component "server:editor-node" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844479): Component "server:editor-node" calling init()
xdk:server (1424741844480): Component "server:editor-node" waiting for delayed initialization
xdk:server (1424741844480): Component "server:cordova-lib" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844555): Component "server:cordova-lib" calling init()
xdk:server (1424741844752): Component "server:cordova-lib" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844752): Component "server:api-explorer" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844761): Component "server:api-explorer" calling init()
xdk:server (1424741844800): Component "server:api-explorer" finished initialization
xdk:server (1424741844800): Component "server:plugin-listener" starting import
xdk:server (1424741844805): Component "server:plugin-listener" calling init()
xdk:server (1424741844806): Component "server:plugin-listener" finished initialization
server:editor-node (1424741844808): Starting Brackets node process c:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\bin\node c:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\bin\node-core
server:editor-node (1424741844999): Got the end of the stream.
server:editor-node (1424741844999): Received close from Brackets node stdout.
server:editor-node (1424741844999): Brackets node process exited with code 0. Restarting...
server:editor-node (1424741845015): Restarting Brackets node process...
server:editor-node (1424741845015): Starting Brackets node process c:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\bin\node c:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\bin\node-core
server:editor-node (1424741845108): Got the end of the stream.
server:editor-node (1424741845108): Received close from Brackets node stdout.
server:editor-node (1424741845108): Brackets node process exited with code 0. Restarting...
server:editor-node (1424741845108): Restarting Brackets node process...
server:editor-node (1424741845108): Starting Brackets node process c:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\bin\node c:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\bin\node-core
server:editor-node (1424741845186): Got the end of the stream.
server:editor-node (1424741845186): Received close from Brackets node stdout.
server:editor-node (1424741845186): Brackets node process exited with code 0. Restarting...
server:editor-node (1424741845186): Restarting Brackets node process...
server:editor-node (1424741845186): Starting Brackets node process c:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\bin\node c:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\bin\node-core
server:editor-node (1424741845264): Got the end of the stream.
server:editor-node (1424741845264): Received close from Brackets node stdout.
server:editor-node (1424741845264): Brackets node process exited with code 0. Restarting...
server:editor-node (1424741845264): Restarting Brackets node process...
server:editor-node (1424741845264): Starting Brackets node process c:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\bin\node c:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\bin\node-core
server:editor-node (1424741845327): Got the end of the stream.
server:editor-node (1424741845327): Received close from Brackets node stdout.
server:editor-node (1424741845327): Brackets node process exited with code 0. Restarting...
server:editor-node (1424741845327): Restarting Brackets node process...
server:editor-node (1424741845327): Starting Brackets node process c:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\bin\node c:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\bin\node-core
server:editor-node (1424741845405): Got the end of the stream.
server:editor-node (1424741845405): Received close from Brackets node stdout.
server:editor-node (1424741845405): Brackets node process exited with code 0. Restarting...
xdk:server (1424741845405): Unexpected exception while initializing "editor-node" (maybe crash): Maximum number of attempts to launch node (5) reached. Initialization failed.
xdk:server (1424741845405): Error in common initialization
xdk:server (1424741845405): Writing an error to the server data file: [object Object]
xdk:server (1424741845420): Wrote server data to "c:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Local\XDK\server-data.txt"
xdk:client (1424741845421): Server data file has an error description
[Log closed from xdk:client]

Sony Vaio Windows 7 Home
64-bit, 4gb Ram, Core i5

David M

[Swati_S_Intel1]

Which version of XDK you were using prior to update?

[John_H_Intel2]

Prior to starting the XDK, can you make sure you do not have any nw.exe processes running in TaskManager?

[PaulF_IntelCorp]

Take the following steps to completely uninstall the XDK from your system:
-- from the Windows Control Panel, remove the Intel XDK

then:
> cd %LocalAppData%\Intel\XDK
> del *.* /s/q

then:
> cd %LocalAppData%\XDK
> copy global-settings.xdk %UserProfile%
> del *.* /s/q
> copy %UserProfile%\global-settings.xdk .

then:
-- goto xdk.intel.com and select download link
-- download and install the new XDK

[Don_P_]

Prior version worked on Ubuntu Linux 12.04 and 14 (although there were various problems initially installing onto the kubuntu 14 system...).

Today I regret having run the update installer on Ubuntu 12.04.  It showed that it successfully installed the update with no errors, however it will not run.  I tried alternately installing using sudo, root, and then also for a single user in home directory -- all with the same result --> the application does not show at all - and no errors revealed at all.  I've tried running from the application startup icon and from the command line.......

[David_M_7]

Swati S.
 - I have no idea what prior version was; I just updated whenever it asked
 
John H
  - nothing is running prior to attempting to open Intel XDK

Paul F.
 - neither the folders nor files are on my system (running Windows 7 Home Edition SP1)