Why is my ExoPanda macro not starting when I press start?

Nine times out of ten the cause is Windows display scaling set above 100%. The macro reads exact pixel coordinates, so any scaling other than 100% throws the math off and a hardcoded check blocks the macro from starting at all. Set Windows Display Scale to 100% to fix it.

I tried different keybinds and the macro still won't start. Why?

If different keybinds and manually clicking the Start button both do nothing, it's not a keybind issue — it's the display scaling block. Open Windows Settings, Display, and set Scale to 100%. If you're on a laptop and you only tried F-row keys, also check that you're holding FN — many laptops map F1–F12 to volume and brightness by default unless FN is held.

Fix ExoPanda Macro Not Starting

The Symptom

You hit your start keybind (or click the start button on the macro UI). The little status indicator inside ExoPanda — the bit that should flip from Stopped to Running — doesn't move. The macro just sits there.

This page is for the case where the macro literally never starts. If the status flips to Running but the macro is doing the wrong thing, that's a different problem — check the per-game guide for it.

Cause #1: Windows Display Scaling Above 100%

This is the cause about 90% of the time. ExoPanda reads exact pixel coordinates off your screen to know where buttons, UI elements, and game objects are. If your Windows display scale is anything other than 100% — 125%, 150%, 175% — the coordinates are stretched, the math falls apart, and a hardcoded check in the macro refuses to start until you fix it.

How to fix it

Press Win + S and type display.
Open Display settings.
Find Scale & layout → Scale.
Set it to 100%.
Restart ExoPanda and try again.

Note: when you first launch ExoPanda, the app checks your monitor scaling and pops up a warning if it's anything other than 100%. If you've ever closed that warning and continued, this is what it was telling you. The macro does have a hard block behind the popup, so the warning isn't optional — the macro just refuses to start until scaling is fixed.

Cause #2: The FN Key Trap (Laptops)

If you're on a laptop and your keybind is on the F-row (F1–F12), there's a real chance the key isn't sending what you think it's sending. On most laptops the F-row defaults to media controls — volume, brightness, mute, airplane mode — and you have to hold FN for it to register as an actual function key.

So when you press F3 hoping to start the macro, the laptop sends “volume down” instead, and ExoPanda never sees a keystroke at all.

Two ways to handle it

Hold FN when pressing the keybind — that forces the F-key to send the proper signal.
Rebind it to a non-F-row key inside ExoPanda (something like \ or a letter key) so FN doesn't matter at all.

Some laptops also have an FN Lock (often FN + Esc) that swaps the default behavior — toggle it and you may not need to hold FN any more.

How To Tell Which Is Which

The macro's Running indicator is the giveaway:

If you've tried different keybinds (a letter key, a number, etc.) and manually clicked the Start button on the macro UI, and the Running indicator never flips — it's the scaling block. Fix scaling.
If clicking Start manually works but your keybind doesn't, and the keybind is on an F-key on a laptop — it's the FN key. Rebind or hold FN.

Still Stuck After Both?

If scaling is 100%, you've tried multiple keybinds plus manual start, and the macro still won't run, you've likely got a related issue. Two paths from here:

If the app says you're in the wrong game (or no game), it's a detection issue, not a start issue — see Fix ExoPanda Not Detecting Game.
If you're seeing odd errors, the offset may be out of date for your Roblox build — the bootstrapper or the manual offset fix covers it.
For everything else, the general troubleshooting hub is the next stop.

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