# Graph Apps Installation - Invalud URL Error

**URL:** <https://community.neo4j.com/t/graph-apps-installation-invalud-url-error/45475>\
**Category:** Desktop\
**Tags:** neo4j-desktop\
**Created:** [October 6, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/graph-apps-installation-invalud-url-error/45475 "2021-10-06T20:21:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbandor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/mbandor/32/6828_2.png) [@mbandor](https://community.neo4j.com/u/mbandor)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/graph-apps-installation-invalud-url-error/45475/1 "2021-10-06T20:21:27Z")

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I'm having issues with installing any of the Graph Apps for the Neo4j Desktop (V1.4.8). I get an "Invalid URL" error. Here is the log entry:

[2021-10-06 14:42:39.716] [info] Starting Neo4j Desktop 1.4.8 @ Windows\_NT 10.0.19043  
[2021-10-06 14:42:39.784] [error] Protocol Manager error TypeError [ERR\_INVALID\_URL]: Invalid URL: --allow-file-access-from-files  
at onParseError (internal/url.js:256:9)  
at new URL (internal/url.js:332:5)  
at Object.t.default (C:\Users\mbandor\Neo4j\Neo4j Desktop\resources\app.asar\dist\main.prod.js:1:197310)  
at App. (C:\Users\mbandor\Neo4j\Neo4j Desktop\resources\app.asar\dist\main.prod.js:1:228006)  
at App.emit (events.js:315:20)  
at App.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:483:12)  
at App.emitter.emit (C:\Users\mbandor\Neo4j\Neo4j Desktop\resources\app.asar\node\_modules@sentry\electron\dist\main\integrations\electron.js:63:25)  
[2021-10-06 14:43:08.653] [info] Starting Neo4j Desktop 1.4.8 @ Windows\_NT 10.0.19043  
[2021-10-06 14:43:08.745] [error] Protocol Manager error TypeError [ERR\_INVALID\_URL]: Invalid URL: --allow-file-access-from-files  
at onParseError (internal/url.js:256:9)  
at new URL (internal/url.js:332:5)  
at Object.t.default (C:\Users\mbandor\Neo4j\Neo4j Desktop\resources\app.asar\dist\main.prod.js:1:197310)  
at App. (C:\Users\mbandor\Neo4j\Neo4j Desktop\resources\app.asar\dist\main.prod.js:1:228006)  
at App.emit (events.js:315:20)  
at App.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:483:12)  
at App.emitter.emit (C:\Users\mbandor\Neo4j\Neo4j Desktop\resources\app.asar\node\_modules@sentry\electron\dist\main\integrations\electron.js:63:25)  
[2021-10-06 14:43:18.814] [info] Online check request: [https://dist.neo4j.org/neo4j-desktop/win/latest.yml](https://dist.neo4j.org/neo4j-desktop/win/latest.yml)  
[2021-10-06 14:43:18.955] [info] Online check response: 200 version: 1.4.8

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**Author:** ![mbandor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/mbandor/32/6828_2.png) [@mbandor](https://community.neo4j.com/u/mbandor)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/graph-apps-installation-invalud-url-error/45475/2 "2021-10-06T22:29:24Z")

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I did some additional searching and found from another inquiry that I can manually load the installation from the sidebar. This solution worked.