Please help. WebUI won't launch today

[ralphmccloud]

Web UI has been working great the past several months, but today when I tried to open it, I get this error:

venv "F:\STABLE_DIFFUSION_2\stable-diffusion-webui\venv\Scripts\Python.exe"
Python 3.10.8 (tags/v3.10.8:aaaf517, Oct 11 2022, 16:50:30) [MSC v.1933 64 bit (AMD64)]
Commit hash: 7a14c8a
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "F:\STABLE_DIFFUSION_2\stable-diffusion-webui\launch.py", line 324, in
prepare_environment()
File "F:\STABLE_DIFFUSION_2\stable-diffusion-webui\launch.py", line 236, in prepare_environment
run_python("import torch; assert torch.cuda.is_available(), 'Torch is not able to use GPU; add --skip-torch-cuda-test to COMMANDLINE_ARGS variable to disable this check'")
File "F:\STABLE_DIFFUSION_2\stable-diffusion-webui\launch.py", line 98, in run_python
return run(f'"{python}" -c "{code}"', desc, errdesc)
File "F:\STABLE_DIFFUSION_2\stable-diffusion-webui\launch.py", line 74, in run
raise RuntimeError(message)
RuntimeError: Error running command.
Command: "F:\STABLE_DIFFUSION_2\stable-diffusion-webui\venv\Scripts\python.exe" -c "import torch; assert torch.cuda.is_available(), 'Torch is not able to use GPU; add --skip-torch-cuda-test to COMMANDLINE_ARGS variable to disable this check'"
Error code: 1
stdout:
stderr: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
AssertionError: Torch is not able to use GPU; add --skip-torch-cuda-test to COMMANDLINE_ARGS variable to disable this check
Press any key to continue . . .

I have an NVidia 3090 Ti (just updated it to latest driver 528.24). I tried COMMANDLINE_ARGS and nothing seems to work. I'm not a programmer, so I'm having trouble understanding why. From what I've read, it may be that my NVidia card isn't recognized?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. And please explain to me like a 6th grader :) Thanks in advance.

[ralphmccloud]

For anyone with the same issue . . . I have it working now thanks to eddison1983. Here are the steps:

1. In your Stable Diffusion folder, Rename the “venv” folder to “venvOLD”
2. Edit your webui-user.bat file and remove –xformers in the COMMAND_ARGS=
3. Save this webui-user.bat file
4. Run webui-user.bat
5. It will create a new venv folder and put everything it need there. This may take a little time. You’ll also get a notice message about upgrading pip (copy the path. Mine was F:\STABLE_DIFFUSION_2\stable-diffusion-webui\venv\Scripts\Python.exe but yours will be a little different depending on where you installed Stable Diffusion.
6. Open a new cmd . . . type in the path it gave you. (ie: YOUR LOCAL DRIVE:\NAME OF YOUR STABLE DIFFUSION FOLDER\ stable-diffusion-webui\venv\Scripts\Python.exe) At the end of this line type -m pip install –upgrade pip
7. After it’s done with that command, close the .bat and cmd windows.
8. Edit the webui-user.bat again with –xformers back in. ie: set COMMANDLINE_ARGS= --xformers Save the file.
9. Run webui-user.bat and hopefully you’ll be good to go.
10. You can delete the “venvOLD” folder if it runs correctly.
    Forgive me for explaining like a 6 year old, but I’m a video guy and not a programmer and I need it explained to me this way. 😊 Good luck!