# Waves hangs on launch, and crashes (Win11)

**URL:** <https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-hangs-on-launch-and-crashes-win11/11864>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 25, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-hangs-on-launch-and-crashes-win11/11864 "2025-07-25T02:12:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![koonchos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@koonchos](https://forum.waves.com/u/koonchos)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-hangs-on-launch-and-crashes-win11/11864/1 "2025-07-25T02:12:02Z")

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Checked my event viewer, it says Waves stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. All of my other apps work fine, though. My Windows settings, drivers and maintenance are all correct, and changing compatibility to Windows 8 did not work. Running as an administrator did not work, and installing Waves Central V14 and 15 did not work.

Does anyone know why this happens on Windows 11 Pro 74-bit and how to fix it? This has happened in the past with other OSes, and it was usually Waves that was the culprit as all.

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**Author:** ![Adi.Waves](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.waves.com/adi.waves/32/998_2.png) [@Adi.Waves](https://forum.waves.com/u/Adi.Waves)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-hangs-on-launch-and-crashes-win11/11864/2 "2025-07-28T07:24:09Z")

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Hey @koonchos,

Welcome to the waves Forum.

Since you are already in touch with one of our Tech Support representatives, feel free to share your solution & experience once the issues is solved.