cv2.imshow() function is opening a window that always says not responding - python opencv

Question

I am trying to run a very simple program. To open and jpg file and display it using the opencv library for python. Initially it all worked fine but now it just opens a windo

Answer 1

I was having this same error until I added the below lines of code. For the waitKey, you can input figures above 0(i.e 1, 100 and above). It serves as the delay time for the window and it is in milliseconds.

----> cv2 waitKey(0) ----> cv2 destroyAllWindows()