premiere Elements 11 shut down while starting; without error message

Matze S

Premiere Elements 11 on Windows 7 64 bit.

Before a week ago, how long had you been working with Premiere Elements 11 on Windows 7 64 bit without problems?

Does the problem exist with and without the antivirus and firewall(s) disabled?

Is your video card/graphics card up to date according to the web site of the manufacturer of the card?

Do you have the latest version of QuickTime installed on that computer with Premiere Elements 11?

Any new programs, 3rd party plug-ins and codecs, installed?

Where are the Scratch Disks directed and how much free space is at those designated locations? Any pile ups

of preview files in the Adobe Premiere Elements Preview Files Folder or conformed audio files in the Media Cache

Files Folder.

Let us get the classic deletion of the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file out of the way.

Local Disk C

Users

Owner

AppData

Roaming

Adobe

Premiere Elements

11.0

and in the 11.0 Folder is the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file that you delete. If that does not work, then delete the whole 11.0 Folder

in which it exists. Be sure to be working with Show Hidden Files, Folders, and Drives active so that you can see the complete path cited.

Depending on how things are going, you might also include right clicking the desktop icon for the program, selecting and applying Run As

Administrator.

Let us work through the above and then, based on your results, we can decide what next if necessary.

Thank you.

ATR

Matze S

Thanks for the reply with the additional details of your situation.

You note that if you try to import a video in Lightroom (assumed Lightroom 4), Lightroom

shuts down.

In view of that, please verify what you are encountering in Premiere Elements 11.

You say Premiere Elements 11 is shutting down while starting - no error message

a. does this problem exist just opening Premiere Elements 11, even before you can get to

the Expert or Quick workspace and import a video?

or

b. does this problem exist only after you try to import your video into the Expert workspace

or Quick workspace of the program?

ATR

Matze S

You wrote

I did all this nothing worked

Just double checking on my most likely choices....

Did you say that you have the latest version of QuickTime installed on the same computer with Premiere Elements 11 and Lightroom 4?

Troubleshoot video issues in Lightroom 4

If you go to Premiere Elements 11 Publish+Share/Computer/QuickTIme, do you have QuickTime Presets?

Make sure that you are running the programs from a User Account with Administrative Privileges and also right click Premiere Elements 11 desktop icon, select Run as Administrator, and apply it to that Premiere Elements desktop icon.

Do the problems exist if the antivirus and firewall(s) are disabled?

In your screenshot of Premiere Elements 11 Splash Screen, you show it loading at Wave AE.prm.

It that where the loading stops? If you go to

Local Disc C

Program Files

Adobe

Adobe Premiere Elements 11

Plug-ins

Common

New Blue

do you find a WaveAE.prm file in the New Blue folder?

More later.

ATR

Matze S

Thanks for the reply with additional details.

Premiere Elements 11 on Windows 7 64 bit

If you go to Premiere Elements 11 Publish+Share/Computer/QuickTIme, do you have QuickTime Presets?

When you get to "Computer" in that path, you need to use the thin scroll bar to the right of the choices so that

you can see the choices near the bottom of the list. QuickTime choice is one of the choices to the bottom of the list.

Please see

The ImporterQuickTime.prm is a particularly difficult issue to target. But, let us start with the

integrity of the QuickTime install.

What we may go with is

1. Uninstall the usual Control Panel way

2. Do a free ccleaner run through (regular cleaner and registry cleaner parts)

CCleaner - PC Optimization and Cleaning - Free Download

3. Reinstall with antivirus and firewall(s) disabled.

We will watch for your progress.

Thanks.

ATR

Matze S

Thanks for the following and exploring the troubleshooting suggestions.

Because of the specific place where the program stops loading, I do not believe we have sought to rule in or out the video card/graphics card that you computer uses. It has not been high on my list of candidates for causing the problem, but let us be sure nonetheless. With your computer's Device Manager/Display Adapters/ list, verify the name of your computer's video card/graphics card and its update status according to the web site of the manufacturer of the card. If there are more than 1 card listed for Display Adapters, please give the information for both.

Also........

Consider the following 3 to see if any lead to success....

a. Delete the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file, and, if necessary, the whole 11.0 Folder in which it exists.

Local Disk C

Users

Owner

AppData

Roaming

Adobe

Premiere Elements

11.0

and in the 11.0 Folder is the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file that you delete. If that does not work, then delete the whole 11.0 Folder in which

the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file exists. Be sure to be working with Folder Option Show Hidden Files, Folders, and Drives active so that you can see the whole path cited.

b. Create a new User Account with Administrative Privileges and install and run Premiere Elements there along with QuickTime.

Are you still having problems with Lightroom 4?

We will be watching for your progress.

Thank you.

ATR