How to load desktop with empty batch

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Flame crashes upon launch due to a bad batch. I remember in the past there was a way to launch Flame with an empty batch in order to avoid this. Anyone know how to do this?

I might be able to recover by launching a different project, but I’m really trying to get back into my desktop if possible.

Thanks.

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i don’t remember and can’t see that option, and other than rooting around
in the stonefs clip libraries i’m not sure.

perhaps start a new empty project
view the broken project
drag the desktop to safety somewhere
copy in a new empty batch from this new project
delete the old batch
quit flame
start the old project

you may also get mileage out of attempting a launch with a new batch group which gets generated on startup, but that won’t necessarily help if the desktop is corrupted.

/opt/Autodesk/$FLAME_VERSION/bin/startFlame --help

Graphics : VULKAN
Usage: flame [OPTION...]
  -Z, --init-framestore-skipsanity     skip framestore sanity check
      --red-frames                     replace lost frames (USE WITH CAUTION)
  -F, --init-install-font              install fonts
      --closed-libs                    keep libraries closed at startup
      --mode=MODE                      start up in mode MODE ( one of default,
                                       tech-demo )
  -U, --start-user=STRING              Deprecated argument, no longer used
      --local-start-user=STRING        Deprecated argument, no longer used
      --remote-start-user=STRING       Deprecated argument, no longer used
  -J, --start-project=PROJECT          start up with project PROJECT
  -W, --start-workspace=WORKSPACE      start up with workspace WORKSPACE
      --create-workspace               create workspace if the specified or
                                       default workspace does not exist
  -H, --remote-host-name=STRING        start up with remote host HOST (default
                                       = localhost)
  -p, --cpu=CPUs                       execute on n processors
  -c, --config=FILE                    configuration file
  -f, --menu=FILE                      menu file
  -b, --execute-batch-setup=FILE       execute batch setup
  -s, --execute-python-script=FILE     execute python script
  -N, --use-burn                       use burn to execute batch setup
      --batchGroupName=STRING          name of a batch group created at startup
      --batchDuration=INT              duration of a batch created at startup
      --batchStart=INT                 start frame of a batch created at
                                       startup
      --batchEnd=INT                   end frame of a batch created at startup
                                       (not used if batchDuration is defined)
  -L, --log-off                        log off
      --no-confirm                     do not ask to confirm anything
  -m, --migrate-with-copy              keep a copy when migrating projects
                                       from previous versions
  -d, --debug                          turn on debugging
  -R, --relaunch                       relaunch

Help options:
  -?, --help                           Show this help message
      --usage                          Display brief usage message
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Thanks Phil.