Leo Chen Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Hi all, 1. installed ASIO4ALL just now 2. and it works!!! 3. I'm updating cakewalk now, will update the progress Thank you all Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preslav Severy Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Absolutely same problem, but not solved, even with ASIO4All. CW just flashes and dissapears. I even upgraded to Windows 11, but this didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Walley Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Did anyone ever actually figure out the real problem. Seems like this thread is a year old now. Seems to be midi related as I can do a fresh boot of the laptop, then open Cakewalk, then it starts to open but crashes and leaves a midi process abandoned. The only way to clear it is to reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 12/26/2021 at 7:19 AM, Preslav Severy said: Absolutely same problem, but not solved, even with ASIO4All. C Of course not. ASIO4ALL is known problematic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Walley Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) I had some time last night to do some digging. I knew that it was working previously so I went to the install directory. Mine is here. C:\Users\myUserIdHere\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk The I started looking through the folders. In the ACT Data folder there was a file named sonaract.xml with a recent date on it. I renamed the file with a .old extention added to the end of the name and confirmed the change. In the Cakewalk Core folder there were 3 files with the same recent date as the file in the ACT Data folder. I did not feel like changing all three extensions so I just drug them to the desktop. I rebooted the machine. Maybe not necessary but I did anyway. After the reboot Cakewalk opened successfully and recreated the files. I had to remap my Launchkey but that is a simple process. Not sure if this will work for everyone but I hope it helps someone. Edited January 12, 2022 by Bryant Walley typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Bryant Walley said: I had some time last night to do some digging. I knew that it was working previously so I went to the install directory. Mine is here. C:\Users\myUserIdHere\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk The I started looking through the folders. In the ACT Data folder there was a file named sonaract.xml with a recent date on it. I renamed the file with a .old extention added to the end of the name and confirmed the change. In the Cakewalk Core folder there were 3 files with the same recent date as the file in the ACT Data folder. I did not feel like changing all three extensions so I just drug them to the desktop. I rebooted the machine. Maybe not necessary but I did anyway. After the reboot Cakewalk opened successfully and recreated the files. I had to remap my Launchkey but that is a simple process. Not sure if this will work for everyone but I hope it helps someone. @Bryant Walley - can you let us know which files you moved to the destktop? We can make sure any failures with these files are handled better in the future. If you still have the originals, please PM either me or @Jonathan Sasor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvester Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 (edited) This fixed it for me with one slight change/clarification which I inserted as "3a". The words between the *s are my own observations. (I copied the rest from the old Sonar Cakewalk support pages): Cakewalk won’t launch If your program will no longer launch, you may be able to resolve the problem by forcing it to re-write some settings behind the scenes. To do so, follow these steps: 1. Hold down the Windows key on your computer keyboard, then press the R key to open the Run prompt. 2. Type in the following: %appdata%\cakewalk 3. Click OK. This opens the Cakewalk content folder in Windows Explorer *3a. Go UP one folder hierarchy level to view the folder you were just in* 4. Right-click the Cakewalk folder (*the one you were just in*) and select Rename on the pop-up menu. 5. Change the folder's name by adding the word “backup” to the end of it. For example: “Cakewalk backup”. 6. Close Windows Explorer and restart Cakewalk. 7. When prompted with the message “Cakewalk will now personalize your user settings”, click OK. (*For me at this point it just reopened without this notification but it did show that it was scanning my VST plugins which took a little bit of time and then I was good to go.*) I hope this helps. Edited February 5, 2022 by alvester Fixed missing punctuation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETee Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 On 1/19/2021 at 5:15 PM, James Meyerhoffer said: Hello everyone. Long time user in need of a bit of technical help. My install was working fine, I moved locations, now Cakewalk won't open. When I click on the Button in the Assistant, the outer frame of the app with flash, and then disappear. I have removed and reinstalled both only to have the same condition. I think it might somehow be Audio device related in Windows 10, but honestly I've exhausted many options. Cakewalk simply will not open. Flashes, then crashes instantly back to a desktop. What can I do to narrow this down? Not sure what caused this out of the blue, but it's brought my entire rig to halt. Is there a diagnostic log I can dive into to see wtf is happening with it? I'm sitting in a room full of instruments and can't record a note. I think I got it I have the same problem today and I opened task manager and end the cakewalk background process, it works! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 23 minutes ago, ETee said: I have the same problem today and I opened task manager and end the cakewalk background process, it works! Something is preventing Cakewalk from completely shutting down, often either a badly behaved plug-in or audio driver. If there are any 32bit plug-ins in the project, suspect them first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comdey_spriteman Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Ok so I'm having the exact same problem as everyone else but it dosen't flash for a second it simply dosen't open it just loads for a half a second then it closes if you know a solution for this let me know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Blodgett Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 I have the exact same problem. Don't want to give up on cakewalk because I went thru whole learning curve with sonar x2. there must be an answer. My computer says band lab is installed but it just does the "flash" described above then disappears. Help??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Shackelford Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 On 2/5/2022 at 12:33 AM, alvester said: This fixed it for me with one slight change/clarification which I inserted as "3a". The words between the *s are my own observations. (I copied the rest from the old Sonar Cakewalk support pages): Cakewalk won’t launch If your program will no longer launch, you may be able to resolve the problem by forcing it to re-write some settings behind the scenes. To do so, follow these steps: 1. Hold down the Windows key on your computer keyboard, then press the R key to open the Run prompt. 2. Type in the following: %appdata%\cakewalk 3. Click OK. This opens the Cakewalk content folder in Windows Explorer *3a. Go UP one folder hierarchy level to view the folder you were just in* 4. Right-click the Cakewalk folder (*the one you were just in*) and select Rename on the pop-up menu. 5. Change the folder's name by adding the word “backup” to the end of it. For example: “Cakewalk backup”. 6. Close Windows Explorer and restart Cakewalk. 7. When prompted with the message “Cakewalk will now personalize your user settings”, click OK. (*For me at this point it just reopened without this notification but it did show that it was scanning my VST plugins which took a little bit of time and then I was good to go.*) I hope this helps. This worked for me. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janos Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Hello colleagues, my problem was that Cakewalk tried to use the asio driver for the built in realtek device, so I went to regedit deleted under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ASIO the internal ASIO device parameters (completely) (Realtek ASIO) and now it works fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DraigCymraeg Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 I just had the problem where Cakewalk would not launch. I installed it for the first time (on windows 10), then after closing Cakewalk, it would not launch again. I right clicked on the Cakewalk shortcut, then selected troubleshoot. Then I clicked launch with recommended settings, then it worked again. I hope this will help some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.r Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 3 hours ago, DraigCymraeg said: I just had the problem where Cakewalk would not launch. I installed it for the first time (on windows 10), then after closing Cakewalk, it would not launch again. I right clicked on the Cakewalk shortcut, then selected troubleshoot. Then I clicked launch with recommended settings, then it worked again. I hope this will help some people. When it's not launching again after closing, look in task manager, Cakewalk will sometimes stay there in background processes. You would have to kill the process and it will open then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guckzillla Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 This happen to me too. -Reinstall and try to lunch by double click desktop icon => Not start, not even create files %appdata%\cakewalk . - Double click exe from windows explorer => no luck - Right click and run as Administrator ==> can not start - Type and run from command line (cmd or powershell) ==> working !! Strange behavior. maybe conflict with permission on my system but this is my work around for now lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Wallis Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 2/5/2022 at 6:33 AM, alvester said: This fixed it for me with one slight change/clarification which I inserted as "3a". The words between the *s are my own observations. (I copied the rest from the old Sonar Cakewalk support pages): Cakewalk won’t launch If your program will no longer launch, you may be able to resolve the problem by forcing it to re-write some settings behind the scenes. To do so, follow these steps: 1. Hold down the Windows key on your computer keyboard, then press the R key to open the Run prompt. 2. Type in the following: %appdata%\cakewalk 3. Click OK. This opens the Cakewalk content folder in Windows Explorer *3a. Go UP one folder hierarchy level to view the folder you were just in* 4. Right-click the Cakewalk folder (*the one you were just in*) and select Rename on the pop-up menu. 5. Change the folder's name by adding the word “backup” to the end of it. For example: “Cakewalk backup”. 6. Close Windows Explorer and restart Cakewalk. 7. When prompted with the message “Cakewalk will now personalize your user settings”, click OK. (*For me at this point it just reopened without this notification but it did show that it was scanning my VST plugins which took a little bit of time and then I was good to go.*) I hope this helps. This worked for me. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don McNevin Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 I've had this issue occasionally since Sonar 3 Producer Edition. Yes, I'm that old and have been playing with this software that long. Back then a reboot of the PC did the trick. Other than that,99% of the time it's an issue with the audio driver. Sometimes a corrupted driver will create problem. Before playing around in the System Registry, I'd recommend uninstalling and reinstalling the Windows Audio Driver for your particular interface. It never hurts to make sure you're up to date anyway, and occasionally, MS throws us a curveball that a driver update can resolve. Today I just happened to run into this after I updated to the latest version of Cakewalk so I thought I browse around and see if it was just my system or a bug. Seems it's just me! This time mine was a little more straight forward. I simply power cycled my external audio interface and a guitar processor. Restarted Bandlab and voila, I was able to load the DAW and select a project. Good luck my peeps, Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musta Kyy Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 On 2/19/2022 at 3:37 AM, ETee said: I think I got it I have the same problem today and I opened task manager and end the cakewalk background process, it works! This worked for me! Thanks! (I had about 10 Cakewalk processes running there... Killed them all.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demetrius B Ford Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 If it is not solved rename %appdata%\cakewalk folder and add backup after cakewalk . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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