Got a blue screen while cakewalk was open, let the computer restart on its own, now Cakewalk "successfully" opens my projects before immediately closing on its own.

[Jesse Soliz]

Title says it all. Please help? I'm not good with the intricacies of music software, I just want to make music.

[Lord Tim]

Cakewalk itself can't make a computer bluescreen - this is likely a hardware issue or a driver issue.

The first thing I would check is any cables plugged into your audio interface are in properly. If it's easy enough to do, I'd also have a quick check of any other cables in your computer, both inside and out.

The next thing I would check is the Event Viewer to see what it said the error was so you have a bit of a clue where to start looking next. But an error scan on your drives is probably a good idea regardless.

Check that all of your windows updates are installed, and the latest drivers for your audio interface.

After doing all that, if Cakewalk doesn't open, you may need to delete some of its config files and have it recreate them, but start with that first.

[Byron Dickens]

BSOD is a hardware fault.