Why is AutoCut not opening on Windows?

If AutoCut does not open correctly on your Windows computer, this may be caused by a background process or a missing environment variable. Follow these steps to fix the issue:

1. Close AutoCut from Task Manager

Open the Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc).
Look for AutoCut in the list of processes.
Select it and click End task.

AutoCut task manager

2. Open Windows Explorer

Click on the path bar and then write %appdata%
Find the folder AutoCut and delete it

3. Restart AutoCut

If it's still not work, follow the next steps

4. Open Environment Variables settings

In the Windows search bar, type variables.
Select Edit the system environment variables.
In the window that opens, click Environment Variables…

5. Check the Path variable

System variables

In the System variables section, find the variable called Path 👉 If it doesn’t exist, create it.
Make sure the following entries are present:

Path

6. Restart AutoCut

Once you’ve updated the environment variables, restart your computer and try launching AutoCut again.

💡 If the problem continues, contact our Support team with a screenshot of your environment variables.

Updated on: 12/12/2025

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