Vegas Pro 22 won't run after Sept 2024 windows update.

Karl-Demer wrote on 9/17/2024, 3:11 PM

After the recent windows update, Vegas Pro 22 will not run. When I try to start Vegas, I get a spinning wheel for about a second, then nothing. Watching Task Manager while doing this, I see a bump in activity in Anti Malware Service Executable each time I click on the Vegas icon to try and launch. I suspect Windows isn't allowing it to run. I have a huge edit deadline on a documentary so I'd appreciate a solve for this quickly.

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Steve_Rhoden wrote on 9/17/2024, 3:26 PM

Simply just uninstall that last update or Role back Windows update to the previous version..

Howard-Vigorita wrote on 9/17/2024, 3:27 PM

@Karl-Demer I had a problem this morning too. But don't know what caused it. Going here, downloading & running vc_redist.x86 and vc_redist.x66, and selecting the Repair option fixed things for me:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

john_dennis wrote on 9/17/2024, 3:28 PM

Have you tried to back off "last nights update"?

Look in Windows Reliability History for more details about the issue:

Windows Reliability History

Karl-Demer wrote on 9/17/2024, 3:41 PM

It was the "Windows Configuration Update (KB5035942)" update that seems to have caused the issue.

Windows won't let me roll it back.

Howard, I have tried your suggestion and was hopeful but it didn't work for me.

Howard-Vigorita wrote on 9/17/2024, 4:05 PM

@Karl-Demer Just checked my update list and Windows Configuration Update (KB5035942) is successfully installed today also but vp22 is now working for me. Did you do both the x86 and x64 repairs?? I ran them both.

Karl-Demer wrote on 9/17/2024, 4:11 PM

Howard, yes, I tried repairing both. I just tried uninstalling both and reinstalling too. Still no luck.

Howard-Vigorita wrote on 9/17/2024, 4:15 PM

@Karl-Demer Only other thing I've done today besides uninstalling vp22 and reinstalling a bunch of times before trying the redistr update was to update OBS which was also affected... to v30.3.2.

Karl-Demer wrote on 9/17/2024, 4:23 PM

Howard, bless you!!! I don't have OBS on my machine but I do have LiveStream Studio which also uses C++ Redistributable... Installing the update for that also fixed the vegas launch issue! You are a life saver!

Wayne-Mebane wrote on 9/17/2024, 5:07 PM

I did the repair of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable both x86 and x64, reboot, and now Vegas 22 is opening. Appreciate your Howard!

EricLNZ wrote on 9/17/2024, 8:21 PM

It was the "Windows Configuration Update (KB5035942)" update that seems to have caused the issue

That's strange, KB5035942 installed on my Win11 23H2 back in April?

JaredF wrote on 9/18/2024, 8:22 AM

@Karl-Demer I had a problem this morning too. But don't know what caused it. Going here, downloading & running vc_redist.x86 and vc_redist.x66, and selecting the Repair option fixed things for me:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

Thanks Howard. Your suggested fix worked for me. Never would have figured that out in a million years.

andyrpsmith wrote on 9/18/2024, 9:37 AM

My 5035942 installed on 27/03/24 (win 11) and I installed the C++ total combined package -2005 onwards in August. Then installed V22 in September with no issues.
https://www.techpowerup.com/download/visual-c-redistributable-runtime-package-all-in-one/

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(Intel 3rd gen i5@4.1GHz, 32GB RAM, SSD, 1080Ti GPU, Windows 10) Not now used with Vegas.

13th gen i913900K - water cooled, 96GB RAM, 4TB M2 drive, 4TB games SSD, 2TB video SSD, GPU RTX 4080 Super, Windows 11 pro

RogerS wrote on 9/19/2024, 1:14 AM

It looks like the C++ fix worked for me as well (Windows 11 system). Thanks, Howard!

Dexcon wrote on 9/23/2024, 7:58 AM

All of a sudden, no Vegas Pro version would open on my desktop. I followed the advice above re MS C++ and OBS. Only when both were done and the computer rebooted would Vegas Pro open again. Thank you @Howard-Vigorita - how you found these actions is genius.

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Windows 11

Dell Alienware Aurora 11:

10th Gen Intel i9 10900KF - 10 cores (20 threads) - 3.7 to 5.3 GHz

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64GB RAM - Dual Channel HyperX FURY DDR4 XMP at 3200MHz

C drive: 2TB Samsung 990 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD

D: drive: 4TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD (used for media for editing current projects)

E: drive: 2TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD

F: drive: 6TB WD 7200 rpm Black HDD 3.5"

Dell Ultrasharp 32" 4K Color Calibrated Monitor

 

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i5-11320H CPU

C Drive: 1TB Corsair Gen4 NVMe M.2 2230 SSD (upgraded from the original 500 GB SSD)

Monitor is 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz

forart.it wrote on 9/24/2024, 6:20 AM

VisualCppRedist AIO is the way to go, mates: https://github.com/abbodi1406/vcredist/releases/latest

Ivo-Ivanov wrote on 12/10/2024, 1:24 PM

The exact same issue happened to me today, but indeed installing both x64 and x86 fixed it for me. I am eternally grateful for the provider to this solution!

Jeremy-FIOLET wrote on 12/10/2024, 2:41 PM

Many thanks, you saved me !

Howard-Vigorita wrote on 12/11/2024, 2:11 PM

This thread saved me too. Again. On my laptop vp22 worked fine before running the 23h2 cumulative update. Would not start afterwards till I ran the x86 and x64 permalinks for the latest version vc_redistr, v14.42.34433.0 on the same official Microsoft Learn page mentioned earlier:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

Brenden-Montgomery wrote on 10/12/2025, 8:38 PM

@Karl-Demer I had a problem this morning too. But don't know what caused it. Going here, downloading & running vc_redist.x86 and vc_redist.x66, and selecting the Repair option fixed things for me:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

God Bless you @Howard-Vigorita you are an absolute God send. Downloaded a new GPU driver last night for a game that was requiring me to update, and it completely ruined my vegas, would crash everytime on startup, tried reverting back to old driver and it barely helped, just allowed me to open vegas but would still crash if i attempted anything further. Spent hours looking for fixes wracking my head around having countless layouts for projects essentially bricked....then found your post here, was skeptical cause never wouldve though of it, but read the other comments and gave it a whirl, and everything is 100% back to normal. God Bless you. Thank you so much for finding this and sharing it, youve saved me much stress. Hope you receive many Blessings, if anyone else reads this wondering whether or not to try, TRY IT --- IT WORKS.