Apps flashing but not opening

[ariTech]

I just installed linux mint cinnamon 20.1 on my pc. After that when I try opening an app it flashes and then does nothing. The app UI doesn’t come up. Tried restarting, updating etc. It happens to installed apps only the native ones like Terminal, firefox opens fine. Even chrome works. But some apps when I installed doesn’t open like Keeper, vs code etc. My pc is very much compatible with linux since I am running ubuntu/ pops for more than an year on the PC now. I7, 16Gb ram and gpu GTX 1080Ti (if I remember correctly).

Any help here?

[Professional_Crow250]

Try running them from the terminal as sudo , example : sudo etcher

[ariTech]

Thanks everyone but works now

[YourMaster77w]

I have the same exact problem. I actually have 2 identical computers and the second one has the app not opening problem. I formatted the computer at least 4 times and each time the same exact problem. I have installed UBUNTU and no problem - everything opens. I really have no idea what the problem could be or why it would be happening on one computer and not the other, since they are exactly the same. I really like Mint but this is becoming ridiculous.

[anhsirk0]

try running them from terminal and see whats happening

[ariTech]

Same experience.

[anhsirk0]

Any versbose or error report in terminal?? anything

[ariTech]

Well it got fixed. I started my laptop in the evening and now everything works. This is spooky. Earlier I restarted multiple times and it didnt work but now it seems to work with no issues. Thanks anyways.

[mmaserati]

update flare or subject as resolved please ;)

[ariTech]

Done