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Getting started

  • What RuneTranslate is
  • System requirements
  • Install on Windows
  • Install on Linux
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  • Your first translation

Translators

  • Choose a translator
  • Add an API key
  • Use a local model
  • Run modes and retries

Export and share

  • Export a translated game
  • Share a patch

Troubleshooting

  • Translated game won't start
  • Translated text shows as boxes
  • Requires an API key
  • Can't translate into this language
  • DeepL free is refusing requests
  • No supported engine detected
  • Project limit reached
  • Project too large to open
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  • Update required
  • SmartScreen warning
  • Black or blank window
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  • Report a problem
RuneTranslateDocumentationBlack or blank window

Fix: black or blank window

On Windows, a window that flashes and turns black usually means Microsoft's WebView2 component, which draws the window, has stopped working. Reinstalling RuneTranslate doesn't fix that.

On this page

  • If it only happens with one project
  • If it continues

Try these in order:

1

Repair WebView2

Open Windows Settings, Apps, find Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime, then choose Modify and Repair. If it isn't listed, install it from Microsoft.

2

Clear the window's cache

Close RuneTranslate and delete the folder below. It only holds cached browser data. Your projects and settings are stored elsewhere.

%LOCALAPPDATA%\com.runetranslate.app\EBWebView

If it only happens with one project

If the window goes black when you open or create one particular project, the project may be too large. See Project too large to open.

If it continues

Report it. On Linux, include your distribution's name and version.

Checked against RuneTranslate 1.4.6.

Still stuck?

Click Report at the top of the app to send us a ticket, or ask on our Discord. We read both.

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