# Unable to launch ComfyUI Desktop v0.3.33

**URL:** <https://forum.comfy.org/t/unable-to-launch-comfyui-desktop-v0-3-33/955>\
**Category:** Desktop Feedback\
**Tags:** issue, install\
**Created:** [December 29, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/unable-to-launch-comfyui-desktop-v0-3-33/955 "2024-12-29T17:08:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![chatct](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@chatct](https://forum.comfy.org/u/chatct)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/unable-to-launch-comfyui-desktop-v0-3-33/955/1 "2024-12-29T17:08:55Z")

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| cpython-3.12.4%2B20240726-x86\_64-pc-windows-msvc-install\_only\_stripped.tar.gz  
|-\> failed to unpack  
| `A:\ComfyUI\uv-cache\.cache\.tmphrlTeh\python\Lib\ __pycache__ \pickle.cpython-312.pyc`  
|-\> failed to unpack `python/Lib/ __pycache__ /pickle.cpython-312.pyc` into  
| `A:\ComfyUI\uv-cache\.cache\.tmphrlTeh\python\Lib\ __pycache__ \pickle.cpython-312.pyc`  
|-\> error decoding response body  
|-\> request or response body error  
`-\> operation timed out

[2024-12-16 21:12:31.074] [info] --end-1734354376872:False  
[2024-12-16 21:12:31.078] [error] Error creating virtual environment: Error: Failed to create virtual environment: exit code -999