Uninstalled old ComfyUI from drive C and reinstalled onto drive D (for space). Worked OK once, but had to do another reinstall and now it stops as I’m trying to open/create an Instance. I have now completed multiple reinstals and reboots and updated the NVIDIA drivers. Nothing.
I’m not a programmer – so this is almost meaningless to me. I’m comfortable using things like Blender, After Effects, and Premiere, and when it works ComfyUI is excellent – but something like this is an issue almost all the time. Very frustrating. This should be a tool, not a bad experience.
Any help appreciated.
Win11 pro, 128G Ram, 5090 Nvidia.
LOG 1:
Process exited with code 1
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[INFO] Adding extra search path upscale_models D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\upscale_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path background_removal D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\background_removal
[INFO] Adding extra search path frame_interpolation D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\frame_interpolation
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[INFO] Adding extra search path optical_flow D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\optical_flow
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[INFO] Adding extra search path TTS D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\TTS
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[INFO] Adding extra search path unet D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\unet
[INFO] Adding extra search path checkpoints D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\checkpoints
[INFO] Adding extra search path classifiers D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\classifiers
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[INFO] Adding extra search path configs D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\configs
[INFO] Adding extra search path controlnet D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\controlnet
[INFO] Adding extra search path controlnet D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\t2i_adapter
[INFO] Adding extra search path diffusers D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\diffusers
[INFO] Adding extra search path diffusion_models D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\diffusion_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path embeddings D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\embeddings
[INFO] Adding extra search path gligen D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\gligen
[INFO] Adding extra search path hypernetworks D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\hypernetworks
[INFO] Adding extra search path latent_upscale_models D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\latent_upscale_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path loras D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\loras
[INFO] Adding extra search path model_patches D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\model_patches
[INFO] Adding extra search path audio_encoders D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\audio_encoders
[INFO] Adding extra search path photomaker D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\photomaker
[INFO] Adding extra search path style_models D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\style_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path text_encoders D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\text_encoders
[INFO] Adding extra search path upscale_models D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\upscale_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path background_removal D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\background_removal
[INFO] Adding extra search path frame_interpolation D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\frame_interpolation
[INFO] Adding extra search path geometry_estimation D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\geometry_estimation
[INFO] Adding extra search path optical_flow D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\optical_flow
[INFO] Adding extra search path detection D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\detection
[INFO] Adding extra search path vae D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\vae
[INFO] Adding extra search path vae_approx D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\vae_approx
[INFO] Adding extra search path TTS D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\TTS
[INFO] Adding extra search path vibevoice D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\vibevoice
[INFO] Adding extra search path clip D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\clip
[INFO] Adding extra search path unet D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\unet
[INFO] Setting output directory to: C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\output
[INFO] Setting input directory to: C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\input
[INFO] [PRE] ComfyUI-Manager
[ERROR] Failed to import comfy_kitchen, Error: cannot import name ‘TensorWiseINT8Layout’ from ‘comfy_kitchen.tensor’ (D:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\ComfyUI.venv\Lib\site-packages\comfy_kitchen\tensor_init_.py), fp8 and fp4 support will not be available.
[WARNING] comfy_kitchen does not support stochastic FP8 rounding, please update comfy_kitchen.
[INFO] Checkpoint files will always be loaded safely.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “D:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\main.py”, line 227, in
import execution
File “D:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\execution.py”, line 18, in
import comfy.model_management
File “D:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\comfy\model_management.py”, line 36, in
import comfy_aimdo.vram_buffer
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘comfy_aimdo.vram_buffer’
HERE IS LOG 2:
D:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\ComfyUI.venv\Scripts\python.exe -s ComfyUI\main.py --feature-flag show_signin_button=true --feature-flag enable_telemetry=true --enable-manager --extra-model-paths-config “C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Roaming\Comfy Desktop\shared_model_paths.yaml” --input-directory C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\input --output-directory C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\output
[INFO] setup plugin alembic.autogenerate.schemas
[INFO] setup plugin alembic.autogenerate.tables
[INFO] setup plugin alembic.autogenerate.types
[INFO] setup plugin alembic.autogenerate.constraints
[INFO] setup plugin alembic.autogenerate.defaults
[INFO] setup plugin alembic.autogenerate.comments
[INFO] Adding extra search path checkpoints C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\checkpoints
[INFO] Adding extra search path classifiers C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\classifiers
[INFO] Adding extra search path clip_vision C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\clip_vision
[INFO] Adding extra search path configs C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\configs
[INFO] Adding extra search path controlnet C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\controlnet
[INFO] Adding extra search path controlnet C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\t2i_adapter
[INFO] Adding extra search path diffusers C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\diffusers
[INFO] Adding extra search path diffusion_models C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\diffusion_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path embeddings C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\embeddings
[INFO] Adding extra search path gligen C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\gligen
[INFO] Adding extra search path hypernetworks C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\hypernetworks
[INFO] Adding extra search path latent_upscale_models C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\latent_upscale_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path loras C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\loras
[INFO] Adding extra search path model_patches C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\model_patches
[INFO] Adding extra search path audio_encoders C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\audio_encoders
[INFO] Adding extra search path photomaker C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\photomaker
[INFO] Adding extra search path style_models C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\style_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path text_encoders C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\text_encoders
[INFO] Adding extra search path upscale_models C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\upscale_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path background_removal C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\background_removal
[INFO] Adding extra search path frame_interpolation C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\frame_interpolation
[INFO] Adding extra search path geometry_estimation C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\geometry_estimation
[INFO] Adding extra search path optical_flow C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\optical_flow
[INFO] Adding extra search path detection C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\detection
[INFO] Adding extra search path vae C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\vae
[INFO] Adding extra search path vae_approx C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\vae_approx
[INFO] Adding extra search path TTS C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\TTS
[INFO] Adding extra search path vibevoice C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\vibevoice
[INFO] Adding extra search path clip C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\clip
[INFO] Adding extra search path unet C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\unet
[INFO] Adding extra search path checkpoints D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\checkpoints
[INFO] Adding extra search path classifiers D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\classifiers
[INFO] Adding extra search path clip_vision D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\clip_vision
[INFO] Adding extra search path configs D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\configs
[INFO] Adding extra search path controlnet D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\controlnet
[INFO] Adding extra search path controlnet D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\t2i_adapter
[INFO] Adding extra search path diffusers D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\diffusers
[INFO] Adding extra search path diffusion_models D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\diffusion_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path embeddings D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\embeddings
[INFO] Adding extra search path gligen D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\gligen
[INFO] Adding extra search path hypernetworks D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\hypernetworks
[INFO] Adding extra search path latent_upscale_models D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\latent_upscale_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path loras D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\loras
[INFO] Adding extra search path model_patches D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\model_patches
[INFO] Adding extra search path audio_encoders D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\audio_encoders
[INFO] Adding extra search path photomaker D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\photomaker
[INFO] Adding extra search path style_models D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\style_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path text_encoders D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\text_encoders
[INFO] Adding extra search path upscale_models D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\upscale_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path background_removal D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\background_removal
[INFO] Adding extra search path frame_interpolation D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\frame_interpolation
[INFO] Adding extra search path geometry_estimation D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\geometry_estimation
[INFO] Adding extra search path optical_flow D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\optical_flow
[INFO] Adding extra search path detection D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\detection
[INFO] Adding extra search path vae D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\vae
[INFO] Adding extra search path vae_approx D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\vae_approx
[INFO] Adding extra search path TTS D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\TTS
[INFO] Adding extra search path vibevoice D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\vibevoice
[INFO] Adding extra search path clip D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\clip
[INFO] Adding extra search path unet D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\models\unet
[INFO] Adding extra search path checkpoints D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\checkpoints
[INFO] Adding extra search path classifiers D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\classifiers
[INFO] Adding extra search path clip_vision D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\clip_vision
[INFO] Adding extra search path configs D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\configs
[INFO] Adding extra search path controlnet D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\controlnet
[INFO] Adding extra search path controlnet D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\t2i_adapter
[INFO] Adding extra search path diffusers D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\diffusers
[INFO] Adding extra search path diffusion_models D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\diffusion_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path embeddings D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\embeddings
[INFO] Adding extra search path gligen D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\gligen
[INFO] Adding extra search path hypernetworks D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\hypernetworks
[INFO] Adding extra search path latent_upscale_models D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\latent_upscale_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path loras D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\loras
[INFO] Adding extra search path model_patches D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\model_patches
[INFO] Adding extra search path audio_encoders D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\audio_encoders
[INFO] Adding extra search path photomaker D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\photomaker
[INFO] Adding extra search path style_models D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\style_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path text_encoders D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\text_encoders
[INFO] Adding extra search path upscale_models D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\upscale_models
[INFO] Adding extra search path background_removal D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\background_removal
[INFO] Adding extra search path frame_interpolation D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\frame_interpolation
[INFO] Adding extra search path geometry_estimation D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\geometry_estimation
[INFO] Adding extra search path optical_flow D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\optical_flow
[INFO] Adding extra search path detection D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\detection
[INFO] Adding extra search path vae D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\vae
[INFO] Adding extra search path vae_approx D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\vae_approx
[INFO] Adding extra search path TTS D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\TTS
[INFO] Adding extra search path vibevoice D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\vibevoice
[INFO] Adding extra search path clip D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\clip
[INFO] Adding extra search path unet D:\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\unet
[INFO] Setting output directory to: C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\output
[INFO] Setting input directory to: C:\Users\Owen\AppData\Local\Comfy-Desktop\ComfyUI-Shared\input
[START] Security scan
[DONE] Security scan
** ComfyUI startup time: 2026-07-05 21:30:02.753
** Platform: Windows
** Python version: 3.13.12 (main, Feb 12 2026, 00:38:53) [MSC v.1944 64 bit (AMD64)]
** Python executable: D:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\ComfyUI.venv\Scripts\python.exe
** ComfyUI Path: D:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\ComfyUI
** ComfyUI Base Folder Path: D:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\ComfyUI
** User directory: D:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\user
** ComfyUI-Manager config path: D:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\user_manager\config.ini
** Log path: D:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\user\comfyui.log
[INFO] [PRE] ComfyUI-Manager
[ERROR] Failed to import comfy_kitchen, Error: cannot import name ‘TensorWiseINT8Layout’ from ‘comfy_kitchen.tensor’ (D:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\ComfyUI.venv\Lib\site-packages\comfy_kitchen\tensor_init.py), fp8 and fp4 support will not be available.
[WARNING] comfy_kitchen does not support stochastic FP8 rounding, please update comfy_kitchen.
[INFO] Checkpoint files will always be loaded safely.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “D:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\main.py”, line 227, in
import execution
File “D:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\execution.py”, line 18, in
import comfy.model_management
File “D:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\comfy\model_management.py”, line 36, in
import comfy_aimdo.vram_buffer
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘comfy_aimdo.vram_buffer’