# Builder Crashing

**URL:** <https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/builder-crashing/21245>\
**Category:** Builder\
**Created:** [March 11, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/builder-crashing/21245 "2021-03-11T22:03:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ewiemers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@ewiemers](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/ewiemers)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/builder-crashing/21245/1 "2021-03-11T22:03:03Z")

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I’ve run into this several times now where I’ll be happily programming in builder and it just all suddenly closes, the whole builder, running window, all of it. I’ve noticed it seems to happen right when I click a code component to open it, especially if I’ve just edited several other code components. Anyone know why this might be happening? It’s really killing my productivity and motivation

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**Author:** ![Becca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/becca/32/34260_2.png) [@Becca](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Becca)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/builder-crashing/21245/2 "2021-03-12T12:34:29Z")

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Hi There,

Please can you give us a bit more info here (what operating system are you using? what psychopy version?)

Thanks!  
Becca

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**Author:** ![ewiemers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@ewiemers](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/ewiemers)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/builder-crashing/21245/3 "2021-03-12T15:36:54Z")

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Hi Becca,

Windows 10  
Under system info in builder I see: PsychoPy 2020.2.5  
In the exe window I see: pygame 1.9.6  
Experiment is not set to a version within builder

Let me know if that’s not what you’re asking for

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**Author:** ![Becca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/becca/32/34260_2.png) [@Becca](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Becca)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/builder-crashing/21245/4 "2021-03-12T15:49:36Z")

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Hi There,

If you update to a newer release do you still get the same problem? if you have a file built in a 2020 version try installing the windows standalone here [Release Release 2020.2.10 · psychopy/psychopy · GitHub](https://github.com/psychopy/psychopy/releases/tag/2020.2.10)

Becca

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**Author:** ![ewiemers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@ewiemers](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/ewiemers)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/builder-crashing/21245/5 "2021-04-20T20:00:45Z")

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Hi Becca, thanks for your response. I updated the program and have yet to have it crash on me again so this seems to have fixed the issue.