jono grant Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Hey, pretty much 100% of the time, when I close Cakewalk, it doesn't quite release the driver or something and is still open in device manager. I have to "end task" most times to open a new file. Why is that? I do have a fair amount of UAD plugins going in most sessions, but close down should just close down I would think. Anyone know about this? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 That can happen with buggy or obsolete drivers. It can also happen if if a plug-in or something is not closing correctly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 (edited) 27 minutes ago, bdickens said: That can happen with buggy or obsolete drivers. It can also happen if if a plug-in or something is not closing correctly. So to test open a project with out those plug ins and see if it closes properly. It’s always a process of elimination to troubleshoot “what or why” Its not Cakewalk itself, it’s almost always a plug in. Edited February 2, 2022 by John Vere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono grant Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 It even happens when I disable all plugins, save and then close. I wonder if there's a way to find out what plugin is causing it? Some kind of crash lof or something. Don't know much about that. Thanks JG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono grant Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 1 hour ago, John Vere said: So to test open a project with out those plug ins and see if it closes properly. It’s always a process of elimination to troubleshoot “what or why” Its not Cakewalk itself, it’s almost always a plug in. The thing I'm noticing in task manager, is I close CW, and in task manager, it shows the amount of ram CW is using. That number goes down to zero. That's when I can re open a file. So the ram remains loaded after closing. hmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 What John was suggesting was creating a new project with NO plugins. If that closes properly - as it probably will - start adding in plugins to determine which one is causing the hang. Disabling a plugin does not unload it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono grant Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 On 2/2/2022 at 9:45 PM, bitflipper said: What John was suggesting was creating a new project with NO plugins. If that closes properly - as it probably will - start adding in plugins to determine which one is causing the hang. Disabling a plugin does not unload it. Thanks, yes, for sure. I'm noticing it has something to do with releasing the RAM that is loaded up. I see it still loaded in task manager after I quit a session. The RAM amount then decreases and when it's at zero I can open Cakewalk again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Careful not to confuse correlation with causation. Plugins use RAM, too. As they are unloaded, they will release whatever memory they had needed to run. What you are probably seeing is the last plugin unloading after a long delay. That plugin is probably your elusive villain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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