# Inability to run comfyui basically any way

**URL:** <https://forum.comfy.org/t/inability-to-run-comfyui-basically-any-way/3807>\
**Category:** Windows\
**Tags:** issue, install\
**Created:** [September 20, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/inability-to-run-comfyui-basically-any-way/3807 "2025-09-20T09:38:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nothingeverworks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bb73d2/32.png) [@nothingeverworks](https://forum.comfy.org/u/nothingeverworks)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/inability-to-run-comfyui-basically-any-way/3807/1 "2025-09-20T09:38:11Z")

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Running the windows installer fails

Also isnt recognized by windows screener which might be part of the problem in some way.

Running the windows portable fails

Unsigned bat may be part of the problem.

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 This also flags as APT Behavior T1055 Defense Evasion

      It was rerun with the entire folder as well as executables exempted and it still failed.

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This site can’t be reached

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127.0.0.1 refused to connect.

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Try:

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Checking the connection

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Checking the proxy and the firewall

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ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

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Running it via docker with ubuntu fails

The exposed ports dont load despite numerous variations attempted.

Running it via a docker that is supposed to be specifically for comfyui ([https://hub.docker.com/r/mmartial/comfyui-nvidia-docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/mmartial/comfyui-nvidia-docker)) fails in numerous different ways including:

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========================================================= Starting script (ID: 1)== Running comfyui-nvidia_init.bash in / as comfytoo

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script_fullname: /comfyui-nvidia_init.bash– WANTED_UID: “1000”– WANTED_GID: “1000”– SECURITY_LEVEL: “normal”– BASE_DIRECTORY: “/basedir”== Most Environment variables set== Extracting base image information– Base image details (from /etc/image_base.txt):DOCKER_FROM: nvidia/cuda:13.0.0-cudnn-devel-ubuntu24.04CUDNN: libcudnn9-cuda-13 (9.12.0.46-1)COMFYUI_NVIDIA_DOCKER_VERSION: unknown– COMFYUIUSER_DIR: “/comfy”– BUILD_BASE: “unknown”!! ERROR: Invalid BUILD_BASE value!! Exiting script (ID: 1)

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========================================================= Starting script (ID: 1)== Running comfyui-nvidia_init.bash in / as comfytoo

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script_fullname: /comfyui-nvidia_init.bash– WANTED_UID: “1000”– WANTED_GID: “1000”– SECURITY_LEVEL: “normal”– BASE_DIRECTORY: “/basedir”== Most Environment variables set== Extracting base image information– Base image details (from /etc/image_base.txt):DOCKER_FROM: nvidia/cuda:13.0.0-cudnn-devel-ubuntu24.04CUDNN: libcudnn9-cuda-13 (9.12.0.46-1)COMFYUI_NVIDIA_DOCKER_VERSION: unknown– COMFYUIUSER_DIR: “/comfy”– BUILD_BASE: “unknown”!! ERROR: Invalid BUILD_BASE value!! Exiting script (ID: 1)

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– Found Max driver CUDA version: 13.0 (major: 13, minor: 0)– Found Max container CUDA version: (major: , minor: )/comfyui-nvidia_init.bash: line 295: [: 0: unary operator expected

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== Testing write access as the comfy user to the run directory!! ERROR: Directory /comfy/mnt owned by unexpected user/group, expected 1000:1000, actual 0:0 – FORCE_CHOWN will not work for this folder, it is a PATH mounted at container startup and requires a manual fix: chown -R 1000:1000 foldername!! Exiting script (ID: 49)!! ERROR: subscript failed!! Exiting script (ID: 1)

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I havent been able to find any fixes anywhere. No LLM that I have tried has been able to fix anything.

I have used many LLM and other products without anywhere close to this many issues and then still not being able to actually run this.

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**Author:** ![nothingeverworks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bb73d2/32.png) [@nothingeverworks](https://forum.comfy.org/u/nothingeverworks)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/inability-to-run-comfyui-basically-any-way/3807/2 "2025-09-20T09:44:20Z")

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![comfyui_cant_even_be_run_in_the_cloud](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/uploads/comfyui1/original/1X/3a4bb7aa1b6245efa6ef14f0bd0c4afd1358659c.png)

Apparently cant be run in the cloud either….?

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**Author:** ![RSa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.comfy.org/rsa/32/802_2.png) [@RSa](https://forum.comfy.org/u/RSa)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/inability-to-run-comfyui-basically-any-way/3807/3 "2025-09-22T14:45:41Z")

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> [@nothingeverworks](#):
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> `Found Max driver CUDA version: 13.0`

On the docker page the Cuda 13 is marked as untested, and this is the latest version. Try a tag a bit older. 🤔

To be honest I never saw the Windows Desktop installer work, but the Portable Version is solid. Just need more infor the kind of errors you faced. 🤓