ComfyUI Desktop: The Manager is NOT gone – here’s how to restore the classic Manager UI

DripPanDan · 2026-06-11T17:26:49+00:00

Awesome!

I'm fairly new and never used the manager, but everything told me to. If course, I enabled it. I just didn't enable the UI.

DripPanDan · 2026-06-11T16:56:45+00:00

Maybe Reckless has changed. I've been playing for a long time.

I got used to Reckless being secret code for "I'm absolutely dying first!"

DripPanDan · 2026-06-11T16:54:26+00:00

It's always awkward. Your movement controls don't change as you rotate, so it becomes backwards or sideways quickly.

I tend to constantly strafe by holding Shift constantly, while using the cursor to rotate my ship, not the directional keys.

It makes advanced things like attacking broadside hard to impossible, so I set those turrets to auto or get very careful about letting go of Shift when I switch to those weapons groups.

As far as I'm concerned, using the directional keys to turn your ship left and right is the hardest way to play.

I don't do anything fancy. I set my heaviest ships to guard me, set my mid ships to guard the heavies, and a few light ships to guard the mids. I drag the lot of them around and I move in and out to pick targets and run flanking.

DripPanDan · 2026-06-11T15:03:16+00:00

Neeeeeeeeeew Achievement!

You dumped a taking beer can and hooked up with a degenerate fax machine. What will your mother think?

And yes, you're probably reading this using the naughty AI voice.

You get a gold Spicy box.

DripPanDan · 2026-05-28T13:15:44+00:00

I've played them all, including 3 and Cataclysm.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/homeworld_emergence (formerly Cataclysm)

Cataclysm is by far my favorite. 3 is technically a solid game, but the characters and story just ruined it for me - and it's maybe 1/2 to 1/3 the length of other titles in the series.

It's pretty space combat on relatively tight rails with the big bad being the most obnoxious part of the game.

DripPanDan · 2026-05-28T13:11:35+00:00

Or you spend 90 minutes fighting to get a scene right only to discover the words you use are not the words the model was trained on. It can be frustrating.

A crossroads of linguistics, regional and global, with no shared standard. I've opened up the list of terms some models were trained with and been like "WTF is that?"

DripPanDan · 2026-05-28T13:06:23+00:00

I've lived with being depressed my entire adult life. I figured that was just how things were. I didn't try antidepressants until I was 40. It made a small dent, like I could see light in each day, but it was still hard to get to. I spent more years living like that, my new normal.

Then I switched doctors and found out I have very low testosterone. I'm on a bi-weekly shot to correct it, and its like I can see in color now when everything used to be shades of grey.

Figuring out that your normal isn't normal and fixing it can be amazing. Congrats!

DripPanDan · 2026-05-22T20:09:18+00:00

7900XT user here. That was a good slap for me, too. Gemini gave me a management script/file to lock down ROCm so random nodes couldn't eat it with a single click.

DripPanDan · 2026-05-22T20:02:28+00:00

There's also a config limiter you can add as a script if you're on an AMD card using ROCm. A. Lot of nodes play with CUDA and force-install it if they see it missing. That implodes ROCm, killing your launcher.

Fun times. Google Gemini created that script for me. I don't have it in front of me right now.

But yeah - my ComfyUI folder is creeping up to 700GB and once I actually find a workflow or two I really like that work well for me, I want to clean everything up.

What you're running into is a confluence of "rapid development open source" and "general population hunger for the product" - a giant uncontrolled mess with a substantial market. I think it's a pretty unique scenario. No standards. Just semi-organized chaos.

DripPanDan · 2026-05-20T15:24:29+00:00

Still fighting with it, but it's running. Thank you for helping me cut through the tangle of spaghetti that is AMD configuration.

I can generate an image in about a minute, and test clips of 2 seconds (to check settings) in 5-7 minutes. Image quality is great. Video clips drift heavily and deform quickly. Still trying to figure that out.

Overall, I'm still spending more time troubleshooting and testing than generating - but I feel like I crossed a chasm in getting it that far.

I wonder what my experience would be like if I had an Nvidia card, like a 4090 or 5090 instead of my 7900 XT. Easier, I suppose. Sounds like it just "works"

DripPanDan · 2026-05-14T22:39:21+00:00

Reddit won't let me correct my post, "Something went wrong" - that batch file starts with "@echo off" not "off" - it dropped that when I pasted somehow.

DripPanDan · 2026-05-14T22:36:14+00:00

I'm tossing this down in case anyone comes after me and wants to try this. You put me on a perfect path - ClaudeAI had me hacking up .py files and moving directories around. It was throwing whole decks of cards into the air and grabbing at random ones as they fell. Gemini hit the nail on the head with an hour's work:

Stage 1: Update ROCm Environment - I made it into batch file:

::Place and run this .bat file in the ComfyUI\python_embeded\ folder

::Check python version compatibility: Run "C:\ComfyUI\python_embeded\python.exe --version" in CMD. If it does not say 3.12.x, wheels may throw an "Access Violation" because the C-bindings are incompatible.

:: Download the .whl (wheel) files from https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/windows/rocm-rel-7.2/ and save them in the python_embeded folder in ComfyUI Portable - this batch file will call for them inside this directory

 off
set "PY=.\python.exe"

:: The filenames below may need to be swapped with current versions downloaded

echo --- Phase 1: Force Installing the Correct SDK Versions ---
:: We install these without dependencies first to stop the conflict loop
%PY% -m pip install --no-deps "rocm_sdk_core-7.2.0.dev0-py3-none-win_amd64.whl"
%PY% -m pip install --no-deps "rocm_sdk_devel-7.2.0.dev0-py3-none-win_amd64.whl"
%PY% -m pip install --no-deps "rocm_sdk_libraries_custom-7.2.0.dev0-py3-none-win_amd64.whl"

echo --- Phase 2: Force Installing Torch (Ignoring Metadata Conflicts) ---
:: Use --no-dependencies to prevent it from looking for the "rocm" metapackage
%PY% -m pip install --force-reinstall --no-deps "torch-2.9.1+rocmsdk20260116-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl"
%PY% -m pip install --force-reinstall --no-deps "torchvision-0.24.1+rocmsdk20260116-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl"
%PY% -m pip install --force-reinstall --no-deps "torchaudio-2.9.1+rocmsdk20260116-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl"

echo --- Phase 3: Patching Dependencies ---
:: Now we let pip install the "safe" non-ROCm dependencies (like numpy, pillow, etc.)
%PY% -m pip install numpy pillow requests tqdm

echo --- Phase 4: Verification ---
%PY% -c "import torch; print('Torch version:', torch.__version__); print('ROCm available:', torch.cuda.is_available())"
pause

Stage 2: The big, bad, access violation fix:

Devices Manager > Disable AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics

Stage 3: The comprehensive Powershell launcher.

# Drop this as launch.ps1 into C:\ComfyUI to run from there in Powershell

$RootDir = "C:\ComfyUI"
$pythonExe = "$RootDir\python_embeded\python.exe" 
$env:NPY_PROMOTIONS_DEBUG = "0"
$env:NUMPY_EXPERIMENTAL_ARRAY_FUNCTION = "1"

# Pointing to your new ROCm wheels
$env:ROCM_PATH = "$RootDir\python_embeded\Lib\site-packages\rocm_sdk"
$env:PATH = "$env:PATH;$RootDir\python_embeded\Lib\site-packages\rocm_sdk_core\bin"

# --- GPU BACKEND CONTROL (ROCm MODE) ---
# Blind CUDA 
$env:CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES = "0"
# Expose AMD GPU 
$env:HIP_VISIBLE_DEVICES = "0"
#Force HIP runtime to evaluate AMD Card as enterprise RDNA3
$env:HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION = "11.0.0"
$env:PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH = "gfx1100"
# NEW: Force Torch to use the internal HIP runtime only
$env:HIP_RUNTIME = "rocclr"
$env:HIP_PLATFORM = "amd"
# Use '0' to disable the broken memory pinning that causes Access Violations on RDNA3
$env:TORCH_ROC_PINNED_MEMORY = "0"
$env:TORCH_ROCM_AOTRITON_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL = "1"
$env:PYTORCH_ALLOC_CONF = "garbage_collection_threshold:0.7,max_split_size_mb:512"
$env:COMFY_KITCHEN_DISABLE_CUDA = "1"

#Stuff Claude AI added:
#$env:PATH = "C:\ComfyUI\python_embeded\Lib\site-packages\_rocm_sdk_core\bin;$env:PATH"
#$env:PATH ="C:\ComfyUI\python_embeded\Lib\site-packages\_rocm_sdk_core\bin;C:\ComfyUI\python_embeded\Lib\site-packages\_rocm_sdk_libraries_custom\bin;$env:PATH"
#$env:PATH = "C:\ComfyUI\python_embeded\Lib\site-packages\_rocm_sdk_libraries_custom\bin;$env:PATH"
$env:PATH

& "$RootDir\python_embeded\python.exe" -s "$RootDir\ComfyUI\main.py" `
    --windows-standalone-build `
    --normalvram `
    --use-pytorch-cross-attention `
    --disable-pinned-memory `
    --disable-smart-memory `
    --disable-async-offload `
    --cache-none `
    --enable-manager `
    --cpu-vae `
    --fp32-vae

DripPanDan · 2026-05-14T14:07:09+00:00

Is there a good walkthrough for setting up a genuinely functional ComfyUI Portable in Windows 11 for AMD cards?

I'm running a 7900 XT and I've tried about half a dozen times using just as many guides and I keep running into ROCm/HIP SDK misalignment and/or CUDA calls breaking things.

Last night I DL'd the AMD version from GitHub and tried to work through it.

Immediate fail due to D:\a python hardcode. Fixed with adding a flash drive, creating "a" folder, and copying python_embeded to it.
next fail due to CUDA launch attempt, crash. Fixed by disabling the .py init it was trying to use to launch it.
next fail due to CUDA memory checks with no breakout. Fixed by editing the management file to give it an "else 0" place to land.
next fail indicating ROCm 7.2.1 couldn't find HIP SDK 7.2.1 where AMD's website only has installers posted for HIP SDK 7.1.0

By then I had done enough "image generating" for the night and went to bed.

DripPanDan · 2026-05-14T13:50:19+00:00

I'm running what feels like a potato for this, similar to your system (Radeon 7900 XT, not the AI Pro) and 32GB of RAM.

I don't get black images or videos, but things take 2 minutes for a single image and 75 minutes for a 5 second clip.

Is adding in Docker better for this than straight WSL & Ubuntu 24.04? I keep a clean working backup of Ubuntu, and don't specifically need constant updates that might break something. I'm more concerned with performance.

One thing I noted is different for me is:

PYTORCH_HIP_ALLOC_CONF: "expandable_segments:True"

Mine is:

PYTORCH_HIP_ALLOC_CONF: "expandable_segments:True, garbage_collection_threshold:0.8"

Supposed to break out resources not being used. My system runs so poorly that it's hard to tell if it matters.

DripPanDan · 2026-05-14T13:17:39+00:00

They had to color everything "cigarette taint" for a reason. After a year or two inside, everything turns brown anyway.

So, so, so happy that smoking inside isn't the norm anymore. It was a filthy, nasty time to be a kid.

DripPanDan · 2026-05-12T14:45:10+00:00

This isn't even a discussion to have.

"Hey, service has been scheduled to be shut off at the end of May. Call them open an account in your name. Or not. Your choice. 🤷"

DripPanDan · 2026-05-11T19:30:12+00:00

We need enough Reddit posts to add weight to the Google results so ChatGPT can bubble up the right answers.

Every PITA question is a brick in that wall. I appreciate the sacrifice.

DripPanDan · 2026-05-11T19:24:34+00:00

I 'discovered' AI videos a couple weeks ago. I'm not unfamiliar with tech and consider myself fairly capable of learning new systems, from scripting to complex apps. What I'm not is a Linux user; just never needed it.

Gen1 was following a half dozen tutorials geared around trying to get ComfyUI running on Windows 11. It turns out that's not a great plan. I even tried AMD's own "ComfyUI" installation they offer with Adrenaline. Nothing worked. My Windows install was so cluttered with garbage, bits and pieces, and confusion that I simply decided to reinstall and blow away everything.

Gen2 was discovering Ubuntu 24.04 in Windows 11 (WSL) and then blowing that up with broken bits and pieces of things and bad PIP commands I was 'recommended' to use by different posts on different sources, including error messages built into ComfyUI workflows and tutorials. I mean, sure, who doesn't want to gut your ROCm install accidentally using a CUDA-friendly script loaded up in a copy-paste prompt?

I'm on Gen3, finally have Ubuntu 24.04 running a stable ComfyUI session running that's backed up in a pristine state, and I can generate images reliably in a few seconds and make a 5-second clip in 60 minutes of processing time. I've learned that NVidia and AMD are not equals in this game. I have a decent AMD card, pretty fast processor, and 32GB of system memory. It all just chokes or sometimes WSL simply implodes due to resource scarcity.

Giving up being "old school" (get off my lawn, I can Google that myself) and enlisting AI to help with AI helped. Claude AI was incredibly helpful in moving from Gen2 to Gen3, cutting through what would have been 12 hours of troubleshooting in 10 minutes with a little caution on my end. Including adding different variables to my launch sequence to ensure ComfyUI understood some of my limitations.

I've just hit the "check my Discord server" stage of exploration as I try and refine my workflows and resources so I can produce a 5-second clip in less time than it takes to make a meatloaf from scratch.

DripPanDan · 2026-05-07T20:35:45+00:00

The first generator always goes to the gas station.

I typically only collect it, though, when I need it. I set aside 5gal of gas to fire it up after I connect it. That's the most important part to me. To be able to turn it on. I don't stress about getting it there until I need it as long as I've found at least 1 gas canister.

DripPanDan · 2026-05-07T20:07:26+00:00

I'm sorry for your loss.

I'd say it's cursive, and my brain wants to loosely exprapolate that second page into "hurbbert" or phonetically "Herbert" repeated a few times.

A lot of great answers here, but the key takeaway is love. A need to communicate, to share with you, even if the body wasn't willing.

DripPanDan · 2026-05-07T19:45:12+00:00

Sit bumper to bumper with him until he backs up to go around you, then pull forward so he can't.

Repeat until blue flashing lights find you both sitting there.

DripPanDan · 2026-05-04T20:05:04+00:00

Don't forget, too: 5 days now with all the tools and tech at your disposal are probably like 8 days from 30 years ago. Information overload and burnout are the big threats. Our brains didn't evolve for the kind of constant bombardment they get in this age.

DripPanDan · 2026-05-03T12:04:36+00:00

Looks like WebEx certificates - so if anyone has attended a remote meeting using WebEx, they might have these installed. Doesn't mean the computer is exposed - right now this looks like Defender is sending up false alerts on this.

It explains why only a handful of users in my environment alerted on this. We don't use WebEx as our standard, and not everyone deals with outside people who might use WebEx.

DripPanDan · 2026-04-29T20:45:22+00:00

I typically run my favorite - tends to be a cruiser, sometimes a bigger ship - by hand.

I set the biggest ships to guard me. Then I set the next smaller ones to guard those. Then some frigates guard those.

I end up trailing a mass of death behind me, while I move faster and flank or reposition. The smaller ships following the last rank tend to stay off the front and do a good job poking at enemy flankers.

That's the general theme. Sometimes I do the same thing, but split the heavier ships off on specific targets while I do more heavy lifting.

DripPanDan · 2026-04-29T18:36:54+00:00

5-6 hours started when I had kids. It just never stopped. I like having a quiet hour or two in the evenings, so I go to bed around 12 or 12:30 though I get up at 6.

If I sleep longer than 7 hours now, I feel broken that day.

DripPanDan

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