Can only start SketchUp on Mac via command line

When I open SketchUp.app the normal way on my Mac, it doesn’t open. The icon appears in the dock, but it crashes right away. I see nothing of the app and all I can do is right click the icon in the dock and force quit it.

However, when I execute the following on the command line, it DOES work:

/Applications/SketchUp\ 2024/SketchUp.app/Contents/MacOS/SketchUp

When I do both (normal way and command line) I see 2 SketchUp app icons in the dock, so apparently these are different versions.

How come that the ‘normal’ app crashes and the ‘command line’ app doesn’t?

How can I solve this because always opening an app on the command line is not so convenient…

Thanks!

Have you been working with a second monitor before? If so, try to connect it again, the window may be on another monitor

what if you go to the application folder then the sketchup folder and double click on the icon ? could be that your dock icon points toward something that isn’t there anymore ?

remove the one currently in your dock.
launch sketchup using the command line, then move it in the dock so it’ll stick around.

No, it’s not on any monitor. There is no window to be found. And it crashes completely. This is all I see:

what if you go to the application folder then the sketchup folder and double click on the icon ?

Crashes.

could be that your dock icon points toward something that isn’t there anymore ?

Nope.

remove the one currently in your dock.
launch sketchup using the command line, then move it in the dock so it’ll stick around.

I did that multiple times. The strange thing is: I open it from the command line, application opens correctly, I keep that icon in the dock, close the app, click the icon in the dock => crashes! Then back to the command line and the exact same dock icon opens without crashing. Never ever had this problem before, driving me crazy…

Which version of macOS?