Which was what I was having to do before posting here and since. The only way I can get it to run is by right clicking on the AWM notification area icon and choosing 'stop'. Same problem again with MAGIX music maker as well. I then ran Video Pro X as non-administrator and it still stalled at the same place. When either 'halt' can you use AWM and the ' Index. I also added an exception for Magix Music Maker and it halts on 'Updating program layout' The problem is it gets stuck at the part 'loading keyboard shortcuts'. I tried adding an exclusion for video pro X6 but it doesn't really help. What are your thoughts/Did this help until you get official technical support response? There are many combinations which cause this, however, one of the most common is having Title Buttons defined as Default Settings. I suspect the splash screen is the source of the problem with AWM's Default Settings causing it to hang. IMO this is directly related to how Default Settings is implemented. I've encountered this as well, but with other applications. However, you will not have AWM functionality on either of those applications. Posted: a quick fix add both programs to the 'Exclusions' rules and at least you can continue to use both applications with AWM. Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H | Intel Haswell i7 | 16GB DDR3 | Samsung 820 256GB SSD System Drive |! X Crucial 960GB SSD AV Drive 1 x Crucial 512GB SSD Samples Drive | 2 x NVidia G-Force 210 1gb | RME Fireface 400 | Windows 8.1 圆4 | Sequoia 12 | Sa All you need to do is download the demo of either of these apps and try running them with Actual Windows Manager active and you will see the problem. I've reported these issues to support in the past and have been informed there will be a fix but still nothing therefore I am posting on the forum. As soon as I stop Actual Windows Manager they both open with no problems. The splash screen stalls and I have to force quit. If Actual Windows Manager is active and I try to launch either of these programs they will start up but never open. It relates specifically to 2 of my MAGIX apps namely MAGIX Music Maker 2015 and MAGIX Video Pro X6. This problem has plagued me for longer than I care to remember.

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