Like a lot of people here, I've been a lot time user and a fan of Sound Forge since version 4.5c, when was it still developed by the amazing Sonic Foundry. It (was) a brilliant editor. Easy to use, fast, reliable. Things got much worse after version 15, when Magix started to introduce bugs and UI "improvements", but could not roll back.

For the last few years, have been using their subscriptions. Finally decided to buy it. And after spending $250CAD (which is a lot of money for me), found their registration / licensing module is broken - it was not happy with they key I got from Magix. Tried to uninstall the pre-existing SF Pro, but that failed too (their uninstaller fails to locate some forge180_365.msi). Tried cleaning registry, files, etc. Nothing, still can't install the latest v18.

And now I'm stuck in limbo - can't install the new version (it complains about the existing version) and can't uninstall the previous version, there's nothing else left to delete.

I had enough at this point. So long Sound Forge. You've been a great editor. It so sad to see what they've done to you.