# Can't start Daedalus

**URL:** <https://forum.cardano.org/t/cant-start-daedalus/140041>\
**Category:** Community Technical Support\
**Created:** [3 December 2024 09:58 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cant-start-daedalus/140041 "2024-12-03T09:58:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![madsravn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/madsravn/32/330_2.png) [@madsravn](https://forum.cardano.org/u/madsravn)\
**Post date:** [3 December 2024 09:58 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cant-start-daedalus/140041/1 "2024-12-03T09:58:26Z")

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Howdy,

I opened Daedalus a week ago and synched my local blockchain. Everything was fine. Now I try opening Daedalus today and I get this error. Can anyone tell me what is going on?

```auto
[mads@Adria][~]% daedalus-mainnet
/home/mads/.local/bin/daedalus-mainnet: line 14: /home/mads/.daedalus/nix/store/lz859smd6gx7x7768f206cd17ick8agi-nix-user-chroot-2c52b5f/bin/nix-user-chroot: No such file or directory

```

I do not know why it is looking there - the folder does not exist

```auto
[mads@Adria][~]% ls /home/mads/.daedalus
etc/ mainnet/

```

**Can anyone help me?**

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**Author:** ![Zyroxa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/zyroxa/32/17790_2.png) [@Zyroxa](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Zyroxa)\
**Post date:** [3 December 2024 10:05 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cant-start-daedalus/140041/2 "2024-12-03T10:05:11Z")

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Is there a specific reason to use Daedalus?

Otherwise i would just recommand to use a litewallet like Typhon or Eternl and restore your keys there.