Power BI Desktop not Launching

[RGTTech]

Hi guys,

I have just dowloaded and installed the latest version of Power BI Desktop on Windows 7 Ultimate platform. When I click the Power BI Desktop icon to start the application a splash screen appears, stating that Power BI Desktop is "Initializing Model" and then just closes the splash screen with no error message and Power BI Desktop does not launch.

I have read all the posts I can find in the community forum and tried various ways to fix this problem, but to no avail.

The only information I can find on this issue is in the Window event log with Error Details:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

<System>

<Provider Name="MSOLAP$AnalysisServicesWorkspace669878666" />

<EventID Qualifiers="49441">25</EventID>

<Level>2</Level>

<Task>289</Task>

<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-06-26T07:13:22.000000000Z" />

<EventRecordID>281239</EventRecordID>

<Channel>Application</Channel>

<Security />

</System>

<EventData>

<Data>msmdsrvi.rll</Data>

<Data>7177</Data>

</EventData>

</Event>

Has anyone perhaps come accross this or have any advice on how to get Power BI Desktop up and running? 

Thank you!

[RGTTech]

Error

(25)

The resource file '<filename>’ for locale ‘<localename>’ could not be loaded. Switching to US English (1033) if available.

I changed my laptop locale settings from SA English to US English. Error (25) MSOLAPAnalysisServicesWorkspace in Windows Eventlog now resolved. Unfortunatly, I am now faced with Error (27) MSOLAPAnalysisServicesWorkspace. These problems clearly related to SQL Server Analysis Services. Will post once I have figured it out!

[Stedo]

hi,

I'm having the same problem and recieving the same error message. Did you find a fix? I have tried uninstalls, re-installs, delete app data. Nothing seems to work. Power BI Desktop no longer runs on my laptop.

Thanks

Stephen

[blessed]

Install windows 8 or 10 then you install power bi x64

[Stedo]

hi,

The requirements for the application state that is should be compatible with Windows 7. Our environment has certain security requirements and an upgrade of OS is not really an option since it would cost a lot of time. Are we saying that this problem is a Windows 7 problem??

Thanks

Stephen

[NH]

Has anyone found the resolution to this issue. I'm seeing the same issue with Windows 10 x64 and latest Power Bi desktop x64.

[gsalas]

Try this solution from Microsoft helpdesk:

Please check whether you have any Ad-Aware Web Companion installed. If yes, please follow the instruction on the link below, then reboot and installed and launch the desktop again.

Uninstall Lavasoft Web Companion

http://www.lavasoft.com/mylavasoft/support/supportcenter/technicalproblems/faqs/how-to-uninstall-ada...

Uninstall the LavasoftTcpService.dll after uninstalling Web Companion, please:

a.Start Command Prompt as an administrator by right-clicking it and selecting "Run as administrator."

b.Enter the this command to reset the network adapter: "netsh winsock reset" without the quotation marks and hit Enter.

c.Restart the computer.

d.Delete these two files: C:\WINDOWS\system32\LavasoftTcpService64.dll  and C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\LavasoftTcpService.dll

[Anonymous]

Thank you, it really helps!

[Pritam]

I was also facing same problem since last few days, but with latest build of Power Bi Desktop 2.37.4464.602 it get resolved automatically now only thing it it is taking time to start.

[blessed]

Install Windows 8.1 then you install Power BI x64

[blessed]

hi guys may you help us p;ease because i am also facing the same problem

[Seth_C_Bauer]

@blessed@RGTTech Do you meet all the other minumum requirements based on this page? Specifically .NET 4.5?

[RGTTech]

Yes, I am running .Net 4.5 - which I use to develop C#.Net applications on. I am also running MS SQL Server 2012 SP1. It seems the problem lies within "msmdsrvi.rll", I am wondering if it is possibly looking for MS SSAS OLAP services and requires a newer version of SQL Server?  Although this is not documented as a recuirement, I am deducing this from the windows error log...  

Thank you for the invitation - unfortunatly I am in SA!