Installed windows 8 and now cubase crashed on every load

Cubase
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I cannot find out how to dump preferences. Any help?

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I cannot open project templates or older 6.5 projects…

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uninstalled 7 and installed 6 and 6 runs just fine.

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So what is your question?

Hippo

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why wont cubase 7 work on win 8 ? as soon as it is open, if i go to load empty template or older project it says, " windows is looking for a solution."

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I am loading 6 then 6.5 then 7 and I hope this works. I dont understand why it wouldnt… I just updated the os last night and everything was seemingly fine… this mornin cubase 7 crashed on every load.

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Have you upgraded from Windows 7 (so all old applications/preferences still exist) or was this a clean install?

For the first case, I would try to rename your Cubase preferences folder, so Cubase will initialize it again with “fresh” settings.

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i just did a fresh install on everything… starting with 6 and moving forward… Ill know in about 10 minutes.

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made no difference, still crashes on loading.

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So you do get it up on screen ok, its just when you try to load a template or project?

Hippo

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yes, only when i go to load a project… I have fresh install of os and no 3rd party plugs present. I am still messing with it.

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looks like might be heading back to 7

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Im not running Cubase 7, Im running 6.5 and i also had alot of problems with Windows 8 so i returned to W7.
One example being the vst bridge. Works great in W7 but crashes in W8.
Cubase also freezed when closing the program in W8.

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I have 8 and Cubase 7 running no problem so it can be done.
With CB7 open check your hardware set up in devices, the may be a mismatch there with your CB 6 settings

Hippo

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I also had issues with closing, stop program error and net solution bar came up everytime.

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Make sure Net Framework is installed. I had a few issues until that got installed. It works well now.

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Installed C7 64 bits on a clean Win8 PC.
I only use 64 bits VST’s
Some plugins need Netframework 3.0/3.5

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I have the same problem on Win7 64bit. Trying to run Cubase 7 (64bit) crashes on startup. Not been able to get in. Cubase 7 32bit i can start if i’m fast enough to start a project before the “Hub” crashes cubase. Although I’ve not been able to keep it running for more than 10-15 minutes before Cubase 32bit crashes too (no plugins running, just playing around with chordtrack and so on).

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Try disabling the Steinberg Hub from preferences, and delete information in the Application Data Folder from the Start Menu of Windows before loading cubase. Load Cubase without loading a project and create a new project from scratch.

If it still crashes it may be a driver issue.