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Pro Tools refusing to load out of nowhere?

Discussion in 'Backline' started by JayB, Mar 3, 2012.

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  1. JayB

    JayB Member

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    Ok, I've never had this particular problem before. Out of nowhere, Pro Tools is refusing to load. I click the pinned icon on the taskbar, it lights up for a few seconds, then nothing. Same with the desktop icon, the start menu icon, I even tried running as Admin and even did a System Restore. Anyone else ever have this problem and know of a fix? Thanks in advance!
     
    #1 JayB, Mar 3, 2012
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    Anyone? This is kind of a problem I need to solve quickly...
     
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    I just tried trashing prefs and databases and restarting, still no luck. Any ideas besides reinstalling?
     
    #3 JayB, Mar 3, 2012
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    Cmon, somebody has to have some ideas...
     
    #4 JayB, Mar 4, 2012
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    Try pulling the plugins out of the folder and booting. If that works add them back one at a time. Rewire is sort of notorious for causing issues.
     
    #5 egan., Mar 4, 2012
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    Did you install anything between the last time it started correctly and when it refused to start?
     
    #6 ::XeS::, Mar 4, 2012
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    I had this on my mac friday night, tried again today and all was fine... Weird'
     
    #7 Trevoire520, Mar 4, 2012
  8. JayB

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    Thanks for the replies! I was just about to reinstall, but I'll try the plugins thing first. And no, I haven't installed anything between when it worked and when it stopped working. I even tried a system restore.
     
    #8 JayB, Mar 5, 2012
  9. Skinny Viking

    Skinny Viking ¯\(°_o)/¯ How do Lydian?

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    maybe something is crapping out with your hardware? I forget if you're on LE or not
     
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    Ok, where is the plug ins folder that I need to pull plug ins out of? I don't see a plug ins folder anywhere...
     
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    Yeah, LE. I'm using the MBox as my sound card at the moment so it seems to be working ok...
     
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    If it is still not working, try holding N immediately after you open the application. I have seen that fix Pro Tools not loading before.
     
    #12 LydonB, Mar 5, 2012
  13. Skinny Viking

    Skinny Viking ¯\(°_o)/¯ How do Lydian?

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    program files > common files > digidesign > dae > plugins (off the top of my head)
     
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    Skinny Viking ¯\(°_o)/¯ How do Lydian?

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    its possible there may still be an issue with it communicating to and allowing PT to launch although in all honesty I wouldn't know how to check for that other than doing a complete re-install of PT and seeing if it works after
     
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    I guess I have no choice but to reinstall. I tried removing a few plugins, no dice. If it was the hardware, it would still open up and show the Pro Tools loading screen, it would just stop after a few seconds and say please insert hardware.
     
    #15 JayB, Mar 5, 2012
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    Skinny Viking ¯\(°_o)/¯ How do Lydian?

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    sucks but at least you'll know for sure when you reinstall PT

    if its still fuckin with ya after then something crawled up your hardware's ass ;)
     
    #16 Skinny Viking, Mar 5, 2012
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    If you are on Mac, try this. There may be a similar fix for Windows. I had a similar problem and this helped:

    1. Find the Pro Tools LE icon in the Finder. On my computer it's in the "Pro Tools" folder under "Applications" > "Digidesign."

    2. Right click on the icon and select "Show Package Contents."

    3. Double-click "Pro Tools LE" in the "Contents" > "Mac OS" folder. Pro Tools should open.
     
    #17 BLUElightCory, Mar 5, 2012
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    Does pt8le require an ilok? I use pt9 and sometimes it won't recognize ilok on initialization, I take it out, put it back into the same usb port and it usually works. If it does'nt then I restart, and it'll load eventually. The ilok is a pain.
     
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    No, but I do have an ilok for other programs I've bought. PTLE8 has a dongle of its own, the Mbox
     
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    Ok so I unintsalled and am in the process of trying to reinstall. However, now I'm hitting another goddamn snag, and I remember having this problem a while back. When installing from the CD on Win 7, it gets stuck at installing digidesign drivers. I remember a PT rep had told me to take all the file off the CD onto a hard drive, and I found those files and started the install from there. It seems like it's still having the same problem. I even tried running as admin. So does anyone have a suggestion on this other, fun problem? It's so nice losing a full day of work to shit like this :)
     
    #20 JayB, Mar 5, 2012
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