General Troubleshooting Tips

If Salad still isn't working quite right after whitelisting in your Antivirus software, there are a few extra steps to try:

1. Reboot Your Machine.

   1. Reboot your PC by clicking on your Start Menu, selecting the Power icon, and clicking 'Restart'

2. Double Check that your PC is Compatible.

   1. There is a chance that your PC is simply incompatible with Salad, you can check the system requirements on this article here.

3. Try Updating WSL.

   1. Follow this guide to update WSL on your machine.

4. Manually Install WSL.

   1. Download the latest version of WSL from the Microsoft Store. WSL may also be installed via Powershell. Open Powershell as an administrator, and run wsl --install --no-distribution.

5. Try Closing other open Applications.

   1. Salad uses your system resources in order to earn you balance, if you have other applications open draining these resources, it's possible that there isn't enough left over for Salad to start. Salad is best run whilst AFK with everything closed.

6. Perform a clean install of Salad.

   1. Sometimes Salad needs a fresh install. To begin, uninstall Salad from your machine completely. That can be done via Start Menu > Settings > Apps > Installed Apps > Salad> Uninstall. Once Salad is uninstalled, install the latest version, here.

7. Update your GPU Drivers.

   1. If you haven't updated your GPU drivers in a while, it's possible that Salad and its containers might not be compatible with the installed version. If Salad has recently stopped working after a recent driver update, you may need to try reverting to an older driver version. This can sometimes happen if there was a bug or problem with the latest release. You can find guides here on how to update your GPU drivers:
      1. AMD drivers if you own an AMD dedicated GPU
      2. NVIDIA drivers if you own an NVIDIA GPU
      3. Intel drivers if you own an Intel dedicated ARC GPU

8. Try Updating Windows.

   1. If you are running on an older build of Windows, or haven't updated in a while, it's possible Salad and its containers might be trying to use a system service that isn't available in your version. You can follow Microsoft's guide to update your Windows install.

9. Try installing additional Microsoft Redistributable packages.

   1. Normally these will have been installed already by previous applications or games on your PC, but it's possible you may be missing some. You can install the required Official Microsoft Redistributable packages from the Microsoft Website.