"Please restart the app and disable antivirus" error

[ethrea]

I get the message "Please restart the app and disable antivirus." when trying to put in any link. Message persists even when any anti virus & firewall is off. Didn't have the problem before, but just got a fresh install of windows on a new pc, so could be something in windows hiding away.

[anothermelon]

having the same issue!

[ericmp33]

Having the same issue here!

And yeah, I tried to restart the app and disable my antivirus several times. Also tried restarting the computer and reinstalling the program :/

[FR46M3N7-P4R71CL3]

I found a solution:

1. First, download the YT-DLP Binary from the following address:
   https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.exe

2. Open Run (Windows Key + R) and in the dialog box, paste the below:
   C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\youtube-dl-gui\resources\app.asar.unpacked\binaries
   and then hit Enter key or OK Button.

3. Now navigate to the YT-DLP download folder and copy the downloaded file (from Step 1) and Paste the file into the folder we just opened in Step 2. Make sure the filename stays/is "yt-dlp"(.exe)

Restart the application and now it should work! 🚀

For some reason, a fresh installation doesn't seem to install this binary and the update check too fails to observe that the file is missing.

cc: @ericmp33 @ArchemedIan @anothermelon @ethrea @itscaro

[qabRieL99]

Yes, this fixes it. Thanks. But still needs an update.

[wuwendell]

Yep, it just seems like that yt-dlp.exe is not downloaded on a fresh install.

[richardsondev]

Thank you @FR46M3N7-P4R71CL3 for sharing the solution to get it running again!

I took a deeper look and it appears GitHub made some changes recently in the release download flow. This has broken the automatic download of yt-dlp here. I have opened a PR to update the logic: #375

[nguyenvinhlinh]

Thank you!

[JukeStuff]

Great This worked :)

[MM12300]

@FR46M3N7-P4R71CL3 procedure working but then Error? Unhandled error.
Missing ffmpeg.

[FR46M3N7-P4R71CL3]

@FR46M3N7-P4R71CL3 procedure working but then Error? Unhandled error. Missing ffmpeg.

Try reinstalling the app? Make sure you have ffmpeg present in install directory or in any subdirectory.
I don't use this app anymore so I'm not sure if something's broken.

[guyster104]

I have a question. I have the open video downloader portable exe. Do I need to create the folders mentioned in the solution, or where can I put the youtube-dlp binary for it to work? I don't see anywhere in settings to specify the path. Thanks in advance for your help.