# Fuse crashes on startup

**URL:** https://forums.fusetools.com/t/fuse-crashes-on-startup/4723
**Category:** Bug Reports
**Created:** [August 22, 2015, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/fuse-crashes-on-startup/4723 "2015-08-22T06:43:23Z")
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### Author: ![sorianoiv.a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@sorianoiv.a](https://forums.fusetools.com/u/sorianoiv.a)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2015, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/fuse-crashes-on-startup/4723/1 "2015-08-22T06:43:23Z")

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i have tried the install process a few times and when i try to load fuse it gets as far as a bouncing icon before it disappears… any thoughts?

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### Author: ![Remi\_Pedersen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.fusetools.com/remi_pedersen/32/432_2.png) [@Remi\_Pedersen](https://forums.fusetools.com/u/Remi_Pedersen)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/fuse-crashes-on-startup/4723/2 "2015-08-23T18:55:10Z")

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Just to check: the Fuse tray icon does not appear? It should look like this on OSX and Windows respectively (the leftmost icon in the toolbars in these pictures):

 ![mac](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/fuse-legacy-forum-assets/Gi8T6ZM312uh-legacy-guides-images-osx_trayicon_startpreview.png)

![win](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/fuse-legacy-forum-assets/nNhPDuAMOzhp-legacy-guides-images-win_trayicon_startpreview.png)

Do you get any additional info if you try to start it from a terminal / command line? (Just open a terminal and type `fuse`)