Troubleshooting

Windows: "npx.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system"

Right click PowerShell and choose Run as administrator
Run Get-ExecutionPolicy — if it says Restricted, it needs changing
Run Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
Run Get-ExecutionPolicy again — it should now say RemoteSigned

npx then works in that terminal, and in any new one.

Windows: SmartScreen shows a notice

The .msix is signed with the company's certificate, but a new signature takes a while to build reputation. Choose More info → Run anyway, or install from the Microsoft Store when it is published there.

Linux: it opened in my browser instead of a window

The native window is drawn with the WebKitGTK your distribution ships, and ObjectExplorer falls back to your browser on a machine that has none. Install it:

sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0        # Debian, Ubuntu
sudo dnf install webkit2gtk4.1              # Fedora, RHEL
sudo pacman -S webkit2gtk-4.1               # Arch
sudo zypper install libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0     # openSUSE

On an older release without a 4.1 package, the 4.0 one (libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37, webkit2gtk3) works too.

The provider answered, and it said no. Open Settings → Connections and the row for that provider reports which credential source was tried and what each one said — a source that is not configured on this machine shows as skipped rather than failed, so the report says which step is missing. See Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage or Azure Blob Storage.

A folder shows objects that are gone, or misses ones that are there

Cloud listings are cached for eight hours. The refresh button asks the provider again, past that cache — the pane goes blank while the request is out, so the answer on screen is the answer to the click.

Something else

~/.objectexplorer/app.log has what the app did, in order, including the about: block naming exactly which build is running — that block is also under Settings → About. Attach it to an issue on GitHub.

Troubleshooting ​

Windows: "npx.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system" ​

Windows: SmartScreen shows a notice ​

Linux: it opened in my browser instead of a window ​

A bucket lists nothing, or asks me to sign in again ​

A folder shows objects that are gone, or misses ones that are there ​

Something else ​