CW by Bandlab Suddenly Not Starting- Any Repair Install Utility Available ?

[Amberwolf]

That probably means something else is restoring the "bad" files, probably by reverting changes made (such as to a driver).   

What else is installed on the machine?  

[Patrick Desmond]

On 12/15/2024 at 1:56 PM, David Baay said:

Shouldn't you be posting this on Microsoft's forum since a Windows Update precipitated this? That's a lot of vitriol for someone who has apparenly only found it necessary to come to the forum with a problem once in years of using CW.

In any case, it seems you missed this post about CW's fix for Microsoft's blunder:

 

Thanks David.  I wasn't talking to you but I bet you feel important now, huh?

Good for you.

[David Baay]

47 minutes ago, Patrick Desmond said:

I wasn't talking to you but I bet you feel important now, huh?

No problem. I already felt important. 😜

[T Boog]

28 minutes ago, David Baay said:

1 hour ago, Patrick Desmond said:

I wasn't talking to you but I bet you feel important now, huh?

No problem. I already felt important. 😜

Maybe you guys should try to be nicer and talk respectfully to each other.

 

Just kidding...  FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!   😄

[Mr No Name]

it's nice to be nice, but it's more important to be important 😂

[Sock Monkey]

Don’t forget that one of the warnings about the future of Cakewalk was that it will only work until Windows breaks it! 
Staff are  being overly kind in supporting it still. They most certainly have little reason to do so other than being nice guys! 

[T Boog]

32 minutes ago, Sock Monkey said:

Cakewalk was that it will only work until Windows breaks it

Hey Sock. The latest Wndows 10 update was making CbB crash on me. So I restored my computer to a week prior and Cakewalk worked fine again. Im not very tech minded so I'm curious how long I can kick the windows update can down the road before I have issues. Could it be possible to get away with no updating for a couple years? 

Edited 23 hours ago by T Boog

[mettelus]

20 minutes ago, T Boog said:

Could it be possible to get away with no updating for a couple years? 

This is a good question. You need to update the group policy in Windows (Pro) to prevent updates, but every so often you get a release of something that requires the latest build. I had Windows locked out for a couple of years, but then installed software requiring 22H2. Because I had locked it out on 20H2, I actually had to force the update because Windows Update would fail out (not a big deal, but Windows wouldn't update itself at that point). It really boils down to an installer requiring X build (although a lot less common than in the Mac world, it does exist).

[T Boog]

28 minutes ago, mettelus said:

You need to update the group policy in Windows (Pro) to prevent updates,

Thanks a lot mettelus. I do have the pro version and I just disabled the updates thanks to your link.  

I bet you feel important now huh?  😁

 

[Sock Monkey]

Im the last person to ask about Windows. Im a person who still has a laptop with XP.  I have 2 with W7 and then 3 with W10 and only one with Windows 11. I just totally keep them updated as life goes on. Never caused me problems ever.  I really don’t fuss about my computer. I just have always updated parts and keep the mechanical stuff in good condition.  The OS is boring part of computers. I could really care less what it is doing. It always seems to be fine. 

[T Boog]

8 minutes ago, Sock Monkey said:

The OS is boring part

Cool. I guess one man's "boring" is another man's "What the hell just happened here?!" 

[sjoens]

7 hours ago, mettelus said:

requiring 22H2

Funny how some software makers use titles for their updated versions resembling virus or disease IDs.

or is it?!

Edited 16 hours ago by sjoens