Vegas Pro 8 Freezes on Startup at DVinfo.net

Travis Johnson · May 21st, 2009, 11:59 AM

I'm having this strange problem that just started occurring out of nowhere. As Vegas loads it goes through all of the processes normally, then right as "Creating Windows" appears, the program locks up completely and either I have to restart or wait patiently for task manager to come up and kill the process. I haven't made any major changes to my system lately both relating to hardware or software.

I've tried:
-uninstalling my anti-virus software
-running CCleaner to correct any registry errors
-disabling any programs running currently.

Not really sure of what else to try. Any help is much appreciated.

Edward Troxel · May 21st, 2009, 08:01 PM

How about reinstalling Vegas?

Ian Stark · May 23rd, 2009, 02:05 PM

Could Vegas be trying to load a corrupt .veg file at start up?

Whatever the last .veg was that was loaded when Vegas was working, move it somewhere else so Vegas can't find it when starting. If it starts up OK, there's your problem.

If it still hangs, you could also try starting up Vegas while holding Ctrl-Shift (which fires it up with factory defaults).

Good luck.

Ian . . .

May 21st, 2009, 11:59 AM	#1
Travis Johnson Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Roxboro NC Posts: 166	Vegas Pro 8 Freezes on Startup I'm having this strange problem that just started occurring out of nowhere. As Vegas loads it goes through all of the processes normally, then right as "Creating Windows" appears, the program locks up completely and either I have to restart or wait patiently for task manager to come up and kill the process. I haven't made any major changes to my system lately both relating to hardware or software. I've tried: -uninstalling my anti-virus software -running CCleaner to correct any registry errors -disabling any programs running currently. Not really sure of what else to try. Any help is much appreciated.

May 21st, 2009, 08:01 PM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	How about reinstalling Vegas? __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

May 23rd, 2009, 02:05 PM	#3
Ian Stark Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,237	Could Vegas be trying to load a corrupt .veg file at start up? Whatever the last .veg was that was loaded when Vegas was working, move it somewhere else so Vegas can't find it when starting. If it starts up OK, there's your problem. If it still hangs, you could also try starting up Vegas while holding Ctrl-Shift (which fires it up with factory defaults). Good luck. Ian . . . __________________ www.vit-media.com www.classicmachinefilms.co.uk