SF 11 refuses to start, even full re install

daniel-DIAZ2990 wrote on 7/6/2025, 4:52 AM

After years of using the same original install, Sound Forge 11 suddenly started crashing on launch.

I contacted support, and the only suggestion I received was to fully uninstall and reinstall the software.

I followed those instructions, but after a clean reinstall, SF11 still refuses to start.

During the reinstall process, I did see the usual registration screens. I selected “Register Online”, as I always have.

I'm on Windows 10 (same system as always).

Interestingly, yesterday I had to launch Samplitude X3, and it also gave me trouble — I had to click “Repair” to get it running. But it eventually worked.

So something may have changed on my system recently, but I’m not sure what. Any advice would be appreciated.

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SP. wrote on 7/6/2025, 7:07 AM

@daniel-DIAZ2990 Hold CTRL and SHIFT on your computer keyboard. Then double click on the Sound Forge desktop shortcut to start the app. Keep holding CTRL and SHIFT until a small window appears that will ask you if you want to reset the program settings. Reset the settings and maybe the program will start again.

Sometimes Windows updates simply install old drivers. I had this problem some years ago when Windows uninstalled my graphics driver and installed a two-year-old version. Maybe something similar happened on your device?

rraud wrote on 7/6/2025, 10:34 AM

There had been a 'few' reports of the 'Elevated Privilege' issue (after a Win 10 update) in Sound Forge11, but they were rare and mostly confined to SF-10 , So you might try running SF-11 as an administrator. Otherwise, there is a registry tweak for the 'Elevated Privilege' issue but that may not be the problem and forking around with the OS registry can be risky.