Nightly builds for Windows

[deevus]

If you wanted to test Zed on Windows, I have created an automated nightly build here: https://github.com/deevus/zed-windows-builds

Quickest way to install it is via Scoop:

scoop bucket add versions
scoop install versions/zed-nightly

[mapsgeek]

Thanks

[Curious-r]

Great work bro!

[cdcb52]

Granted its not technically released stable for Windows. I am having an issue where I attempt to run it and nothing ever opens. No error messages are displayed. Anyone have any thoughts on the cause/solution?

[vikrant0017]

Yes I faced this issue. Turned out it was issue related with VulkanSDK . My laptop has a integrated AMD Graphics and discrete NVIDIA card. Turns out I didn't have AMD driver installed. Installing it fixed the issue for me.
This may not work for everyone, but you could give it a try.

[lhutyra]

I experienced exactly sam eproblem - nothing appear, nothign happend on click 'zed' - It was outdated integradted(iris) graphic card driver

[co-bby]

I experienced exactly sam eproblem - nothing appear, nothign happend on click 'zed' - It was outdated integradted(iris) graphic card driver

have you been able to resolve. I have the same issue

[cdcb52]

I experienced exactly sam eproblem - nothing appear, nothign happend on click 'zed' - It was outdated integradted(iris) graphic card driver

have you been able to resolve. I have the same issue

I updated my iris driver to the newest version on windows 10. Didn't modify the install of zed and it works now. Seemed like it was vulkan related. I had similar issues on my arch Linux install also. Updated vulkan driver and worked.

[Master-Y0da]

can be updated ?...I hit "check for updates" button in zed options, but no answer.

[deevus]

Probably not until there are official builds for Windows.

[cdcb52]

For how I installed I can not upgrade from the app but rather recompile with the latest bin

[deevus]

If you have installed using scoop, updates can be attained by running scoop update zed.

You can automate this using UniGetUI

[aus10d]

for me, to update it, i had to specify "zed-nightly"

[meetgovindbajaj]

i m trying to run it in win 11, using latest intel arc driver version, no external graphic card is there with i5 11gen, all drivers and software and win versions are latest, still not able to see the app running. i checked task manager and found that its open in background but not able to access or open it though.

[lhutyra]

@yodatak - I think it's not merged yet

[co-bby]

For me build before 1 october works and latest don't work

you can try the latest build here https://github.com/shenjackyuanjie/zed-win-build/releases/tag/0.156.0%2B85eceb7194-1.2.1

[lhutyra]

For me latest nightly works already. #18705 merged

[meetgovindbajaj]

yes its opening now

[aus10d]

after updating, mine now works too! very happy to try it on windows! thank you, @deevus, for making this for us!

[lmb1113]

good!!!