Rapture Session in Demo Mode - solved!

[Peter C]

Thought I'd post this work-around as I've noticed a few of us have had this problem.

Even though Rapture Session (64 bit) is installed correctly from Command Center, it only runs in demo mode with interruptions to sound every 30 secs or so. Over a week or two a long conversation took place with Mike at technical support (who was excellent) who took me through various possibilities which I tried and nothing worked. It seemed my pc was not writing the authorisation file for some reason. It's called Abbadon.cxa and was not appearing here:- ProgramData\Cakewalk\Rapture Session\Command Center.  Literally all web filters, firewalls, anti-virus, unnecessary programs were disabled and yet still the problem persisted.

On a whim I tried installing the 32-bit version and that did indeed write the authorisation file. Uninstalled the 32-bit version, re-installed the 64 bit version and that must have recognised Abbadon written by the 32-bit version and it's out of demo mode.  Success!

Hope this may help anyone else who has struggled with this.