I'm locked out of Vegas

Musicvid wrote on 9/23/2019, 1:05 PM

Are you logged into Windows as an Administrator?

Paul-Fierlinger wrote on 9/23/2019, 1:41 PM

We're talking with our IT at the moment, but yes I am logged in as Administrator and Owner. All my other Apps follow that but for some reason Vegas never acknowledges I am the administrator. This is the way Vegas has been for many versions back and this time I was attempting to do something about it and got nowhere. At the moment we're waiting for our IT to get back to us this evening. Thank you Musicvid for your interest in my stress.

zdogg wrote on 9/23/2019, 1:53 PM

There are a couple of "workarounds" that I've used, mostly successfully, in similar circumstances. Right click on the installation program (exe?) file, and clik "run as administrator" OR "take ownership." Also, "take ownership" of file folders that the application will use, i.e., Vegas Pro 17 folder in Programs, and in the AppData / Local and Roaming - both. Do a search for Vegas Pro and find other such "target folders. "|

I'm downloading now, ( big download, Magix: what's up? Samplitude uses a "targeted" update regimen, not a complete rewrite)..... I may end up doing just what I suggested to you.

Paul-Fierlinger wrote on 9/23/2019, 2:03 PM

Thanks zdogg; pretty much what we've already gone through but I'll pass your suggestions to our IT once he shows up. Thanks (othereise it's a great update.)

zdogg wrote on 9/23/2019, 2:32 PM

I downloaded, it would not allow update while Vegas is running (even though shut down, in task manager still shows up - thanks team, that never got addressed either, apparently, correct me if I'm wrong, but Hamburger menus, well, they get ALL the love.....shheeesh) and then went to look for the file that I wasted all that time allowing to download, and it is not on the computer, will have do "rinse and repeat." The S))t show that is Vegas continues......why????

vkmast wrote on 9/23/2019, 2:41 PM

Just a suggestion re updating.

Paul-Fierlinger wrote on 9/23/2019, 7:56 PM

All is right again. My IT got everything straightened out for me. Thanks again guys above.

mmish wrote on 10/8/2019, 4:54 AM

Why, after closing out of Vegas Pro 17 (latest update), can I not reopen Vegas without restarting my computer?! Anyone experience this??

bitman wrote on 10/8/2019, 9:03 AM

@mmish maybe this helps, disable "automatically open last project on startup" in the preferences.

mmish wrote on 10/8/2019, 9:25 AM

thanks for your advice. I tried it, though, and it didn't change anything. I wonder if it has anything at all to do with my running the Vegas Pro 17 on Windows 8.1 Couldn't imagine why, though.

j-v wrote on 10/8/2019, 10:05 AM

I wonder if it has anything at all to do with my running the Vegas Pro 17 on Windows 8.1 Couldn't imagine why, though.

VPro 17 is made for W10.
Maybe you can try to install

and start Vegas P17

in comptability mode for W8

And the cause probably is that Vegas stays hanging in Memory, so to get a new Vegasstart clear that first through the taskmanager in the Background processes.