Locate the Open Video Downloader installation folder (e.g., open-video-downloader ).
If you prefer to keep your exact current installation but want it to start working immediately, you can manually give the software the working background engine it is failing to grab: For Windows: yt-dlp Releases GitHub and download the yt-dlp.exe
Open a terminal in the app’s resources folder and run:
Right-click Open Video Downloader → . This resolves permission issues when spawning processes or writing to protected directories.
