Vegas still won’t open

[Christopher Wright]

I finally got Vegas 8.0b working on my x64 laptop (running Vista) by disabling DEP for it in system prefs. Everything else (SF, DVDSTPRO, ACID,) all worked fine without having to take this step. I use Vegas more than the other Sony Apps, so it was good to get it working again.

Dual 2.5 G5, IO, Kona LH, IO, Medea Raid, UL4D, NVidia 6800, 4Gig RAM
Octocore 8 GB Ram, Radeon card, MBP, MXO
Windows XP Adobe Studio CS3, Vegas 8.0, Lightwave 9.2, Sound Forge 9, Acid Pro 6, Continuum 5, Boris Red 4, Combustion 2008, Sapphire Effects

[Cj Hans]

Can you tell me exactly how you disabled Vegas – DEP ??

Thank you very much!

[Leslie Wand]

Disable DEP in Vista:

1. Click Start
2. Click All Programs
3. Click Accessories
4. Right Click on Command Prompt
5. Left click on Run as Administrator
6. Click the Allow button if it asks you for permission
7. Type or copy and paste this into the command prompt window:

bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff

8. Hit enter and you should see the confirmation: Operation Completed Successfully
9. Reboot and DEP should be off.

for full details:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Execution_Prevention

[Cj Hans]

Hi Leslie, I ran the command, but after restarting, Sony still will NOT open.

Any further ideas?

Thanks for your help!

[Leslie Wand]

i wish i could be of more help – i’m still running xp on all my machines.

just to reiterate what my steps would be (and testing to see whether vegas opened after each one of them):

a. uninstall nortons using
https://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
(i’d do this EVEN if vegas was running!)

b. uninstall everything connected with corel – there’s been some mention of problems with corel over on the sony forum as well. how you do a clean uninstall of this product i don’t know?

c. disable DEP

d. run your favourite reg cleaner.

e. uninstall then re-install vegas, just to make sure….

other than that, i don’t know.

good luck

leslie

[Michael Johnson]

have you tried Compatibility mode (think it is in Vista)?
right click the vegas shortcut …. Compatibility mode then change the os compatibility

[Allen Zagel]

Hi Cindy
Hang in there, we’ll get your vegas running yet! Hopefully ;-)))

Anyway sorry but I don’t know anything about Vista, however in reference to the Corel stuff, I’m sure in your control panel – add/remove programs, there’s got to be a reference to Corel and the Codec.

You do have a control panel and an add/remove programs folder don’t you? No I’m not being funny, I just don’t know Vista.

As a last resort, you might consider using your recovery disk and start all over, installing Vegas first and staying away from Corel until you know for sure it won’t conflict with Vegas.

Regards
Allen

ASX Media Group, Inc.
https://www.asxvideo.com

[Cj Hans]

Yes, in Vista you can Add/Remove programs…it’s just now under “Programs” in control panel.

Vista has everything found in XP…but sometimes options are just moved or named differently (which can be confusing, thank goodness there’s a search tab).

I have searched for the Codec program I installed but I don’t see it under add/remove programs, which may be one of my problems.

My other issue is I don’t really want to uninstalled Ulead, since I use both Vegas & Ulead 11.5 plus depending on the type of video project I’m working with. I did, however, uninstall, Corel PaintShop Pro 2 which is what I believe to have caused Vegas to not work. Ulead is now part of the Corel family, just separte from PaintShop. Life can be so confusing – I should have just stayed with a Mac 🙂

[Cj Hans]

Hi Michael,

Yes….I’ve changed it to everything in the list. Thank you…any other ideas?

And, of course, Sony help has not sent me any troubleshooting ideas since Wednesday, I guess they’re closed for the holiday.

[Allen Zagel]

Hi Cindy

Ha! I just bought a MacBook Pro to replace my old 9lb Toshiba Laptop. Mac’s wonderful now and with BootCamp I’ll install XP and all my Sony Vegas stuff.

So back to your problem. You use Ulead? ugh! (personal opinion). Uninstalling any graphic or video sofware shouldn’t delete your files if you stored them outside of program’s folder. I never file anything within any program’s folder. And lately I’ve been using the Documents folder for everything which I never used to do. All my VEG files are in a Sony VEG folder and vids are on another HD.

You’re at the point now just to get the recovery disk out and run it, or start uninstalling everything until you see if Vegas Opens. Since the last stuff you installed was from Corel, Take it all out. Try Vegas and go on from there.

Do you have a registry cleaner program for your Vista? Something may be lurkig in the registry. Usually a registry cleaner will find old ‘crap’ and clean it out. I use PC Tools Registry Mechanic and on another computer I have Amust registry cleaner.
https://www.amustsoft.com/
https://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/

Don’t follow any links you may get in various spam email for registry cleaners either.

Uh, what verson of Vegas are you using? 8b? If it’s not the latest version do an upgrade and that just may solve the problem forcing Vegas to open. Another thought;-)

Allen

ASX Media Group, Inc.
https://www.asxvideo.com