Cubase 15 launches but shows no UI; it only appears active in Task Manager

[Psychlist1972]

See this as well. That first dump shows mediaclient.dll

Dorico freezes, then won't start up until after reboot

Hi @Ulf, the host loads the mediaservice.dll, that loads the mediaclient.dll which starts the SteinbergMediaBayServer.exe as a new process. When the mediaservice or mediaclient crashes, you’ll find the crash logged it in the dump of the host, e.g. VSTAudioEngine or HALion. Edit: I am currently not sure if the mediaservice released with VSTAudioEngine / Dorico is already enabled to load the mediaclient. When the SteinbergMediaBayServer process crashes, it writes its own crashlog. A crash of t…

Edit: did the VCRuntime installer fix it, then? Many C++ calls end in VCRuntime so it is not necessarily the root cause.

Pete
Microsoft