A while back, somewhere in one of these forums, one of the Steinberg guys gave us a link to an old version of Cubase SE 3 so that we could convert old files into a format that could be opened by newer versions of Cubase.
I dutifully downloaded and installed SE 3 but I’ve never yet been able to get it to open as it just crashes during startup at the point where it displays “Initializing: MPEG 1 Layer 3 (Fraunhofer)”
I’ve tried XP SP3 compatibility mode (I’m running W7 64bit this time - it was 32bit before my last motherboard cooked itself a few weeks back.)
I’ve sought in vain for a component relating to this so that I can stop SE 3 from attempting to load it.
Hi MashedMitten and thanks for taking the time to reply.
I have the eLicenser Control Center version 6.3.4.2081 installed.
Just to add to the confusion, I did manage to install SE 3 on an old XP machine that had never had any Steinberg product near it before and it works ok.
Did you dis-able UAC before trying to install and install as admin? There could be issues like the path to the app data folder being different from XP to W7, also.