# Autopsy not running properly with no error message

**URL:** https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/autopsy-not-running-properly-with-no-error-message/855
**Category:** Autopsy Online Training
**Created:** [April 15, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/autopsy-not-running-properly-with-no-error-message/855 "2020-04-15T07:20:56Z")
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### Author: ![apriestman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/sleuthkit.discourse.group/apriestman/32/24_2.png) [@apriestman](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/u/apriestman)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2020, 10:41am UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/autopsy-not-running-properly-with-no-error-message/855/2 "2020-04-15T10:41:31Z")

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See this thread - you probably need a different version of the jdk.

> [@Autopsy 4.14.0 on kali Linux and Java 1.8.0\_242-b07](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/autopsy-4-14-0-on-kali-linux-and-java-1-8-0-242-b07/733):
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> Hello all: A newbie here. I have been using Sleuthkit for some time but definitely wanted to try and work Autopsy and its modules. I am running a VirtualBox 6.0 on a Mac laptop and working within the latest Kali Linux update. I followed the clear steps outlined for Linux install but when I launch Autopsy a big window opens up with the menus and it is blank. I can see and pull down the menus but I never see the opening screen for creating new cases etc. I am unable to do anything with this sc…

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