Tweetdeck just sits there upon starting - no columns, no login, just the frame.

I figured it out months ago...I cannot use Tweetdeck until I upgrade my pc! This is a little known fact -- I had to go ALL the way to Adobe's support site and do a wild goose chase (for quite awhile) in the Adobe AIR discussion forum to find out I wasn't meeting the min. technical requirements!

You have to have at least 1 GHZ of system processer speed. Mine is just short of that.

So if any of you might be using a bit of an old clunker like mine (still running slick, though) and find Tweetdeck won't run...this is probably why.

I have this problem too. I am the administrator on this PC and my processor is 1.6GHZ so both replies above do not solve this issue. Could there be another reason? Ive tried un and re installing 3 times now.
Thanks

I'm going to complicate matters by saying I am experiencing the same exact phenomenon (tweetdeck starts with no login, no columns, nothing by the icons along the top (which do not work) on an fresh install of Ubuntu 9.04 x64. I installed Adobe Air successfully and Tweetdeck installed without error.

TweetDeck worked fine for me, until an update today. I hadn't used it for a while though, and it still had the old logo - now it just has a completely blank frame, with icons etc. - running on Windows XP, admin user, Intel DualCore 2.2GHz CPU, along with 2GB of RAM... *shrug*

Is there no solution?

Same here, I have Windows XP, 1.46GHz and have uninstalled TD and AdobeAIR at least 3 times, same results. Just the application frame and non-working icons. PLEASE HELP!

I have a similar problem. Here's my post at getsatisfaction/adobe support:

http://getsatisfaction.com/adobe/topi...

The Adobe tech who commented passed the buck.

same problem... no solution so far!

Hello, IcarusFountain. Although I don't have a Mac, I was able to extrapolate from your Mac directive to find a solution for my Vista system. It's a very simple fix when you know it. The problem lies in the Adobe Air directory.

Windows Vista:

1. Close or confirm that TweetDeck is not running.

2. Navigate to C:\users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Air\ELS

3. In that folder you'll find a folder called: TweetDeckFast(with a bunch of numbers after it)

4. Delete the TweetDeckFast folder.

5. Restart TweetDeck and the password box pops up, allowing you to log-in.

Windows XP:

1. Follow above

2. Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Adobe\AIR\ELS

3-5 Follow above.

The problem here was a crash of the bridge between Adobe Air and the connection to Twitter's API.

Good luck to everyone else having this problem.

@icarusfountain: Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! I couldn't get Tweetdeck to respond to tweets or emails. You're a life saver!

@Zach: I uninstalled TweetDeck and then deleted the Adobe file. When I reinstalled TweetDeck it worked.

I noticed that if I tried to reinstall TweetDeck while I still had a version of TweetDeck installed TweetDeck would uninstall the older version. Then I went back and installed again. Hope that works for you.

@chilimac: I just tried what you said and no luck.

I uninstalled TweetDeck, deleted that folder, reinstalled: nothing.
I uninstalled TweetDeck by the way you said via the web installer, reinstalled: nothing
I uninstalled TweetDeck, then Adobe Air, deleted the folder & adobe air folder, reinstalled Adobe Air, Then tweetdeck: nothing.

I'm stumped.

Unfortunately I'm stuck with the web interface for twitter. I've been using it for a while now and I'm used to it now.

Thanks for the suggestion
@zcshiner

Zach~ Your screencast looks much different than the problem that I was having (see mine here so I suspect your problem is something else. Sorry this didn't help; I know the frustration you're feeling. Good luck finding your solution.

TweetDeck is just epic fail. I do not even think their programmers even know how to fix this problem. It's been going on for months. On my Windows laptop computer I get this on OTHER Windows Logins EXCEPT the main/original. So thank god I at least do not have to put up with this as you others do (absolutely sorry you do) as I have at least a Mac I can work on and use Tweetie.

I have gone through deleting every single file apart of TweetDeck among other Twitter apps for Adobe AIR. Even Adobe AIR itself.

Which keep in mind, to build any app around Adobe AIR is sad enough. How about a real programmer program in something else that's actually good and would be worth it. Then again, I would hate to see a real app by TweetDeck made in Windows, I doubt they'd know what they were doing just as little as they know what they are doing in AIR.

Moving on though, I've tried the basics of just removing everything, AIR, registry, application data folders and it still will give you a blank screen on other logins other than the main Windows XP account. Keep in mind that these other logins already had administrative rights prior to being installed. Even new accounts just to try and see if they'd work with TweetDeck do not either.

It'd be nice if TweetDeck would listen and read this topic though even after what I said as help for you people having this problem to once and for all resolve it.

Tweetdeck won't run for me either. It runs fine on my Win 7 PC and laptop but not on this Xubuntu PC.

I've tried the fix of deleting the TweetDeckFast folder - there are actually two on my system, one in the .appdata folder and one in .appdata/adobe/air/els. I've tried deleting them both and one at a time. Nothing doing either way and the folders just keep being recreated.

Pants!!!

@cabby

Thank you soooo much!!! My problem started when I upgraded and first died on one pc running XP and then another. Gave up about a month ago and just now decided to search again and found your post.

I did a search for the ELS folder on my system and then found TweetDeckFast (and Seesmic) and deleted both.

Now Tweetdeck opens and RUNS again!

Thanks again!!!