Okay... infuriating errors...

Heartomaton wrote on 11/18/2015, 5:11 PM
See, yesterday, Movie Studio 13 worked just fine. Today, though, I get the error message "An error occurred starting Movie Studio. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference."

So, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, but now I get the error: "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have appropriate permissions to access the item."

The only account on this computer is the administrator account, so I don't understand the issue here.

I only bought this a few months ago because my copy of Vegas 11 inexplicably stopped working. I do not want to have to throw down yet another chunk of cash for yet another version.

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vkmast wrote on 11/19/2015, 3:07 AM
Have you tried to reset the software to default settings and preferences? Often worth at least a try with Movie Studio also.
"If a program isn’t working right, just reinstalling it won’t necessarily fix it. You may need to reset the program to its default settings."
Heartomaton wrote on 11/19/2015, 3:13 PM
Done. No dice.
Bliss Video Productions wrote on 12/8/2015, 12:02 PM
It still sounds like a corrupt .DLL file to me. It could be the corrupt file isn't being removed in the uninstall, and when you reinstall it's not able to overwrite the corrupted .DLL with a new version.

It's also possible the corrupted file is connected to an add-on that doesn't get removed and reinstalled when you uninstall/reinstall Vegas. Or the corrupted file could be part of a completely different program like QuickTime, which Vegas interfaces with.

When you got the original error message, did it mention a file name or location?

Also, try temporarily disabling any antivirus/malware programs and see if you're able, then, to successfully launch and use Vegas. If so, then your antivirus/malware program is detecting one of the files as potentially problematic, and blocking it.

If you uninstall Vegas, try reinstalling it to a different directory than the default.

Did anything change on your system between the time it worked and the time it didn't? Hardware or software added, deleted or updated? Maybe a QuickTime update? Windows update?

Did you have any kind of computer glitch between when it did work and when it didn't -- like a crash or a power outage?

Have you attached any new hardware -- capture device, viewing device, input device?
Jillian wrote on 12/8/2015, 2:44 PM
Your boot drive may be failing. I would make sure your system is backed up and consider replacing that drive. Hard Drives are dirt cheap and easy to clone/replace with a larger and perhaps faster one. It is really cheap insurance. It could also be a memory stick going bad, but that sounds less likely if you are getting a "can't find place on drive" type error.

Remember when troubleshooting that if you are having problems that other people aren't having, it means there is some problem in your system/setup, not the program. Sometimes it is the program, but most times it is either our system or setup.

Hope this helps.
Bliss Video Productions wrote on 12/8/2015, 10:18 PM
If the hard drive has bad sectors, then even if you clone it you will most likely still have a corrupted file causing the same error, because you've copied the corrupted file from the old drive to the new one, sector by sector.

If you clone your drive, you'll probably still have to uninstall and reinstall Vegas on the new drive. Just so you know.