# StartBO() does not start breakout room

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/startbo-does-not-start-breakout-room/47459>\
**Category:** Windows\
**Created:** [April 7, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/startbo-does-not-start-breakout-room/47459 "2021-04-07T16:26:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/startbo-does-not-start-breakout-room/47459/2 "2021-04-07T16:42:32Z")

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Having the same issue, spoke about it today on this thread alongside other issues with breakouts:

> [@Breakout Troubles and Crashes](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/breakout-troubles-and-crashes/47452):
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> Using the latest Zoom SDK on Windows (saw the issue in previous versions as well). I am working on adding control of breakouts to my app. I want to create, delete, open, list, and close breakouts, and then I want to send people to breakout rooms, move them between rooms, recall them from rooms to the main space, and then eventually assign and unassign users before the rooms are open. Here are the results I get when trying to implement this: -List breakouts works as expected -Close breakouts …

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