Having Problems With Sound Forge 17 Crashing Or Otherwise Not Working?

GregoryP-Lewis wrote on 8/4/2025, 8:21 PM

I recently upgraded to SF17 from SF10 because I bought a new computer with Windows 11. SF10 would not install on the new PC because the license server for that old version no longer exists. I installed SF17 then launched it. Everything looked good until I tried to record an old vinyl record. The program would crash randomly with the maximum recording time being <1 minute. I tried using a different sound source (Microsoft Sound Mapper) and tried changing to a different temporary drive. Nothing helped!

The next day, I decided to see if SF17 might run successfully by running it in "Compatibility Mode". To my utter surprise and delight, the program seems to work properly now and doesn't crash!! I set the "Compatibility Mode" to Windows 8, which was the latest Windows version that was listed in the drop-down box on my Win11 machine.

Of course this applies only to Windows PCs, not MACs or Linux unless they have something similar.

If you want to try this, just google the words 'how to run software in compatibility mode'. If you have different users logging into your computer, there's a button at the bottom of the compatibility tab's box that lets you set the compatibility for all users (if that's what you want!) I also suggest you check the box to run the app as an administrator. I left all other boxes in their default state.

One last caveat - After you make this change, Windows will prompt to allow the software to make changes to your PC. It will ask EVERY time you launch it. It's really a small price to pay to have SF17 actually work.

Hope this might resolve any problems you may be having with the software!!

PS - I've read some posts of similar complaints about other recent versions of Sound Forge. This change might help them too!!!

Best Regards,

me

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SP. wrote on 8/4/2025, 8:48 PM

@GregoryP-Lewis Sound Forge Audio Studio? Problems and crashes could also be caused by the Magix Low Latency ASIO driver. This is an old version of the ASIO4ALL driver and not really compatible with newer Windows versions.

If you want to uninstall Magix Low Latency you can click on the Windows start button in the bottom left corner and type regedit. Then click on the Regedit app.

Then navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > ASIO > Magix Low Latency 2016:

Now, simply right click the Magix Low Latency 2016 folder, and delete it. Make sure to not delete anything else by accident, except you know what you are doing!

Then restart your computer. Please select the Restart option and not the Shut down option.

If you have trouble deleting the folder, try starting Regedit as administrator via the right click option.