# Dynamo player not showing up in 2018.3

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-player-not-showing-up-in-2018-3/21547>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Tags:** revit, dynamo, dynamoplayer\
**Created:** [May 2, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-player-not-showing-up-in-2018-3/21547 "2018-05-02T00:10:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![salvatoredragotta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/salvatoredragotta/32/10078_2.png) [@salvatoredragotta](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/salvatoredragotta)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-player-not-showing-up-in-2018-3/21547/1 "2018-05-02T00:10:55Z")

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Hi All,

I am experiencing the exact same issue described below.

Does anyone has a solution which is not a clean install?

“I click on the Dynamo Player button it becomes grey but the player doesn’t pop up. When I close the Dynamo Player from within the Task manager by right clicking and selecting End Task the Dynamo Player button within Revit returns to before it was clicked.”

> **[Dynamo player not showing up in 2018.1](https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-architecture-forum/dynamo-player-not-showing-up-in-2018-1/td-p/7450489)**
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> Hi, when I press Dynamo Player in Manage tab, Revit thinks a litlle and then Dynamo player icon goes gray, but Dynamo player itself is not showing up. How to make it work? Using Revit 2018.1 and Dynamo 1.3.1

> [@Dynamo Player for Revit not showing correctly](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-player-for-revit-not-showing-correctly/16904):
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> Hi There, I have Revit 2018.2 installed as well as Dynamo 1.3.2 on my PC, When I click on the Dynamo Player button it becomes grey but the player doesn’t pop up, Following some investigation I found that the player software does launch as it is visible within the task manager under “Processes” and “Details” and when I close the Dynamo Player from within the Task manager by right clicking and selecting “End Task” the Dynamo Player button within Revit returns to before it was clicked, I can th…

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**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-player-not-showing-up-in-2018-3/21547/2 "2018-05-02T04:51:34Z")

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Only time I have seen this was when the window was shifted offscreen. Have you tried using Alt + Tab to see if you can find the window?

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**Author:** ![salvatoredragotta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/salvatoredragotta/32/10078_2.png) [@salvatoredragotta](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/salvatoredragotta)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-player-not-showing-up-in-2018-3/21547/3 "2018-05-02T05:41:55Z")

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The window is not there.

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**Author:** ![peterkamal91](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/peterkamal91/32/159903_2.png) [@peterkamal91](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/peterkamal91)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-player-not-showing-up-in-2018-3/21547/4 "2019-09-17T12:21:14Z")

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Hello everyone,

I have the same problem, any help will be appreciated.