Soft Lock = Initializing: Video Player / Windows Installer

Magic after dozens of launch attempts…

Cubase starts crashing while loading at the splash screen.

interesting, this is different.

launching intensifies

OMG CUBASE 8.5 LOADED.

OMG CUBASE 8.0 LOADED.

Now lets see if a project will actually open.

After I render this guys project I will never use Cubase again. Every year this is typical cubase shenanigans. Stuff just stops working and starts working again for no apparent reason. All recommended fixes on the forums never do anything.