No sound, then won't launch

Yesterday, everything was working fine. Today not so much.

This afternoon I pulled up an older project to use as a template for something new and got the usual pop up “This was created with an older form and will be updated” and then a new one about loading the VST sound library so that there would be audio so I said okay.

Then there was no playback. I went ahead and input the score I’m engraving without any audio feedback but now I’m at the point where I really need it to just work.

I tried:

Restarting Dorico then my computer

Running the Download Manager and updating everything

Checking that in settings it was showing one of the Halion libraries. I can never keep them straight but I think it should be using the good one that I paid for.

Then I tried launching my project from yesterday that had been working so that I could compare their settings, but then Dorico crashed.

I tried to relaunch and got an error message that the sound engine was taking longer than usual to load and I could wait or terminate. I chose to wait. It spun for another minute or two and said the same thing and terminated and generated a diagnostic.

Now it won’t launch at all.

I’m on Windows 10 that is up to date. Dorico is up to date. I feel like all I ever get to do is fight playback issues and it’s driving me crazy. I haven’t had playback on my work computer for months but haven’t had time to figure that out either.

Any help would be appreciated before I throw my laptop into a volcano.

Dorico Diagnostics.zip (820.8 KB)

Update:

I restarted the computer again and got it to launch. The project from yesterday will playback but the one from today won’t. Comparing their settings seems like everything relevant is the same.

Today’s project will “play” without an error message, playback line moving through the piece, there’s just no audio. That file is attached in case that’s helpful.

Bassoon All-State Etudes TMEA 26-27.dorico (1.8 MB)

Try reapplying the playback template (Play > Playback Template > Apply and Close).

That fixed it…thank you for replying.