Sony Vegas Freezes ‘Creating windows’

[Mike Kujbida]

What do you mean by ‘creating windows’?
What kind of footage (i.e. SD, HDV, AVCHD) are you trying to edit?

[Brandon Kajiki]

No No on the splash start up logo, when it runs through the initializing process at the very end it says “creating windows” it crashes right there, and stays on the splash page.

I’ve kept my task manager open to see what happens during the process, and as soon as it loads to the “creating windows” Sony then hangs…

[Brandon Kajiki]

Ok so, I have a bit of an update; I just installed a couple of updates from microsoft (.netframe update) and as soon as I restarted, and tried opening Sony, it worked only once, as soon as I closed it and tried to re-open it did not open again, it froze.

I did notice, there was a small internet explorer window popped up when I first opened up Sony after the update and it seemed like a broken link.

If this helps at all, I vaguely remember when this problem started happening before I opened Vegas a small window opened asking me some question I know it had to do with the sony starting internet explorer; I always clicked no, but accidentally this one time I hit yes…is there a way to disable this through programfiles/sony?

[Brandon Kajiki]

Update:

I just installed a couple of microsoft updates, and as soon as I did that; I restarted, and Sony Vegas worked, and opened. Well I closed it and reopened and behold it froze at the main splash logo again, but I noticed when it worked after I did the update a small window opened with a broken link in internet explorer, before all this “Freezing and locking” started happening I remember clicking yes on a window that popped up asking if I want sony to open up internet explorer or something after starting up sony, is there a way to possibly disable this through Programfiles?

Much help will be appreciated.

Brandon

[Brandon Kajiki]

Does any one know the solution to this?

[Brandon Kajiki]

Update: Ok, well I figured out a solution to fix this. If anyone ever comes along with this trouble please read:

I’ve managed to figure a way to make Sony Vegas work if it crashes on ‘Creating Windows’ on the splash logo.

1)Run Task Manager before Opening Vegas
2)Open Sony Vegas
3)After opening Sony Vegas watch the loading bar, Just before it loads on “creating windows” it should say “Initializing User Interface”. Click End now in task manager. Sony Vegas UI will then open, and the splash logo will disappear.

I know this is not a reasonable solution, but it works 150% of the time. I’ll update with a solution that fixes the problem if it happens to fall on my lap.

Note: This will only work if Sony Vegas is crashing upon opening windows.

[Duane Francis]

I’ve been having the same problem with Movie Studio 6 and 7 Pro, for about the past 8 months. Before that, both had been trouble-free for several years. I’ve found a few dozen forums threads on this problem here and elsewhere, going back to 2004 or so, from people using every version of Sony Vegas from at least 4 through 9. But none of them seems to come to a real solution.

For what it’s worth, I discovered that the programs do start up if I wait long enough – usually between 10 and 15 minutes. It also happens (for me) only on the first startup after booting the computer. From then on, I can exit and restart either program in the blink of an eye. Turning off my anti-virus seems to make the process somewhat quicker. Also, Sony does have a customer support page on the problem as it relates to the “Studio” products, with about a dozen suggested solutions:

https://www.custcenter.com/cgi-bin/sonypictures.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1382&p_created=1147269571

I just found that page yesterday, and haven’t had time to work through the suggestions.

I have a faint, sneaking suspicion that this is caused by a conflict with something included in an update of the .NET Framework from Microsoft. It started for me after I had not used either version of Vegas for about ten days, and those updates from Microsoft were the only things I can think of that had been changed or added during that period. But that’s just a guess, and I doubt that it would explain the behavior others were experiencing in 2004.

[Doug Chunks]

my sony vegas is hasing the same problem! ive had sony 8 for a while then i stopped using it for like a month and it crahses upon creating window and i redownloaded it and still didnt work then i down,oaded 9 and it crashed too. need a solution!

[Naga Kihri]

i know what causes this and how to fix it. what causes this problem is the vegas file explorer. you should never add a folder on an external drive to your “favorites” in vegas explorer. if you happen to do this, then start vegas without having the drive connected, it will crashing on the “creating windows” initialization dialogue.
this same problem can be caused by an iso. if you mount an iso or bin or cue file, as a drive using “magic disc” or a similar program,then add a drive from the disc to your favorites, any time you start vegas without the drive mounted,it will crash on the “creating windows” dialogue. there is one way to avoid this. only use dedicated windows folders as “favorites”. if not, you’ll have to mount your external “favorites” drive, before you launch vegas. every time. even if youre starting a new project, or else vegas will crash. the only real fix for this is to go to folder options and check the box called, “show hidden files”. then go to C:\Documents and Settings\*username\Application Data\Sony\Vegas Pro\9.0 and delete the ExplorerFavorites.txt file. this initializes the vegas file explorer removing the “favorites”. it doesnt cause you to lose any actual files. it just resets the vegas explorer so it doesnt search for those offline favorites when it launches. in the future, be sure to USE DEDICATED FOLDERS ONLY, for favorites. otherwise you may have this problem again. peace

[Bill Sparks]

Thank you. Deleting the Explorer Favorites text file fixed the problem.