The installer says it has to remove the program before installation and it fails to do anything.

If it's the same installation thing as I've experienced, while the uninstalltion progress bar is locked, go to the Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) and under Background Processes, find any Vegas Pro entries (there's likely to be two) and End Task them. The uninstalltion progress bar should then resume.

Also, I find that attempting to open Vegas Pro 20 from the desktop or taskbar icon doesn't always work. Again, delete any Vegas Pro entries in the Task Manager and then click on the VP icon again - VP should open This seems to happen much more often under Windows 11 that it did with earlier versions of Vegas Pro under Windows 10.

The installer says it has to remove the program before installation and it fails to do anything.

If it's the same installation thing as I've experienced, while the uninstalltion progress bar is locked, go to the Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) and under Background Processes, find any Vegas Pro entries (there's likely to be two) and End Task them. The uninstalltion progress bar should then resume.

Also, I find that attempting to open Vegas Pro 20 from the desktop or taskbar icon doesn't always work. Again, delete any Vegas Pro entries in the Task Manager and then click on the VP icon again - VP should open This seems to happen much more often under Windows 11 that it did with earlier versions of Vegas Pro under Windows 10.

Yeah, this needs a fix. It seems like the more I use Vegas, the more times I have to open it. I'm up to like 20+ instances before it will even start.

The installer says it has to remove the program before installation and it fails to do anything.

If it's the same installation thing as I've experienced, while the uninstalltion progress bar is locked, go to the Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) and under Background Processes, find any Vegas Pro entries (there's likely to be two) and End Task them. The uninstalltion progress bar should then resume.

Also, I find that attempting to open Vegas Pro 20 from the desktop or taskbar icon doesn't always work. Again, delete any Vegas Pro entries in the Task Manager and then click on the VP icon again - VP should open This seems to happen much more often under Windows 11 that it did with earlier versions of Vegas Pro under Windows 10.

Yeah, this needs a fix. It seems like the more I use Vegas, the more times I have to open it. I'm up to like 20+ instances before it will even start.

I've had this exact same issue with V18 and V19. Just recently started experiencing it with Vegas 20. Wish it would get sorted.

I've also had the issue happen on 2 different PCs with different hardware.

Did you already try the new update to build 326?

Amazed to read it's not just me who gets the false starts on windows 11. Still happening in Vegas 20 build 326. I was assuming it was some kind of hard drive comms issue, so vegas tries to start but the project hard drive doesn't kick in, so it just sits there as a background process - but that's a total guess. It's a right waste of time having to go to task manager, kill the background task and try to launch again. Usually works second go for me.

Some users are reporting this is happening with other apps in Windows 11 as well, such as Office... it may be a problem with Windows 11 causing this..

I wonder if it is connected to this:

Application shortcuts might not work from the Start menu or other locations

Status    Originating update    History
Resolved    N/A

Resolved: 2023-01-18, 19:28 PT
Opened: 2023-01-13, 13:40 PT
After installing security intelligence update build 1.381.2140.0 for Microsoft Defender, application shortcuts in the Start menu, pinned to the taskbar, and on the Desktop might be missing or deleted. Additionally, errors might be observed when trying to run executable (.exe) files which have dependencies on shortcut files. Affected devices have the Atack Surface Reduction (ASR) rule "Block Win32 API calls from Office macro" enabled. After installing security intelligence build 1.381.2140.0, detections resulted in the deletion of certain Windows shortcut (.lnk) files that matched the incorrect detection pattern.

Windows devices used by consumers in their home or small offices are not likely to be affected by this issue.

Workaround: Changes to Microsoft Defender can mitigate this issue. The Atack Surface Reduction (ASR) rules in Microsoft Defender are used to regulate software behavior as part of security measures. Changing ASR rules to Audit Mode can help prevent this issue. This can be done through the following options:

Using Intune: Enable attack surface reduction rules | Defender for Endpoint: Microsoft Endpoint Manager
Using Group Policy: Enable attack surface reduction rules | Defender for Endpoint: Group Policy
Microsoft Office applications can be launched through the Microsoft 365 app launcher. More details on the Microsoft 365 app launcher can be found in Meet the Microsoft 365 app launcher

Next steps: This issue is resolved in security intelligence update build 1.381.2164.0. Installing security intelligence update build 1.381.2164.0 or later should prevent the issue, but it will not restore previously deleted shortcuts. You will need to recreate or restore these shortcuts through other methods. For additional information and help recovering missing shortcuts, see Recovering from Attack Surface Reduction rule shortcut deletions (updated on January 17, 2023 to include additional guidance and scripts to help with recovery).

Affected platforms:

Client: Windows 11, version 22H2; Windows 10, version 22H2; Windows 11, version 21H2; Windows 10, version 21H2; Windows 10, version 20H2; Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019; Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2016; Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB
Server: None

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-11-21h2