I've never seen a software with such an important use-case have such horrible and hacky support.
I know Pro Tools is not meant for Windows but come on if you're gonna support it at all, the least you can do is not break Windows as soon as it's installed. Ok now I'll just vent for a sec (you can stop reading here): Reboot your PC and it should boot up normally to your sign in screen. (carefully - don't accidentally delete any other drivers) manually delete the TPkd.sys file with:ĭel "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\TPkd.sys".Click "Troubleshoot>Advanced Options>Command Prompt" and login with your username/password.Boot in safe mode by holding the WIN key during the initial startup.When you reboot it will give you a BSOD and prevent you from a successful boot.įor future readers who might need to start their computer for whatever reason: This creates a file called TPkd.sys in your "C:/Windows/System32/drivers/" folder.
The PT installer will automatically install an old version of the iLok license manager. Plenty of threads I looked into stated that they'd had to do a fresh Windows install. I've had to install it on several Windows machines but just ran into a major issue installing it on my new desktop. I have a PT 11 license from my college days that I've been using in tandem with my old iLok over the years. r/MixClub /r/AudioEngineering /r/ListenToThis /r/Music /r/RadioReddit /r/LearnMusic /r/Reasoners /r/AudioPost /r/GameAudio /r/RateMyAudio /r/StudioPorn /r/SFXLibraries
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