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Jul 9, 2025 3:24 PM UTC
Question

Premiere Pro Freezes on Startup (Used to Work, Tried All Fixes — Still Broken)

Hi,
Premiere Pro used to run fine on my PC, but one day it just stopped working and it’s been months since. Now, every time I try to launch it, it hangs with a “Not Responding” message and a black or grey screen (before any UI loads). I've tried everything I can think of:


System:

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600G (no dedicated GPU)

  • Windows 11 

  • 16GB RAM

  • Premiere Pro (tested multiple versions: latest, 2023, older that used to work)


What I’ve already tried:

  • Reset preferences

  • Deleted media cache + App Data folders

  • Clean reinstallation (tried at least 5 different versions)

  • Updated Windows

  • Updated and rolled back AMD graphics drivers

  • Disabled GPU acceleration manually

  • Ran as admin / Safe mode

  • No third-party plugins

Nothing has worked. It just opens, shows a gray or black window, and gets stuck as "Not Responding" forever.

Would really appreciate any help — or even confirmation if others on AMD iGPU setups are seeing this.

Thanks in advance!

6 replies

Participant
Jul 15, 2025 11:03 AM UTC

I have to force quit it from task manager
I will try sending the DMP files, but I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with it

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Community Manager
Jul 14, 2025 6:35 PM UTC

When it gets stuck Not Responding, do you have to force-quit the application, or can you close it from Premiere? Are you running any anti-virus software? Sometimes, that can block Premiere Pro. Does Premiere spike in the Task Manager at all? Would you be able to send a DMP of Premiere when it's hanging like that?

You shouldn't need to delete your other editing programs for Premiere to work.  I haven't been able to reproduce this issue myself, so any other information you can think of to help us would be appreciated.  

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Participant
Jul 12, 2025 1:27 PM UTC

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Participant
Jul 11, 2025 10:23 AM UTC

Hey

I tried using the clearner tool

Sadly it didn't work as well....

In some thread regarding the same issue i heard that deleting black magic software makes it work, but right now my only go to software for editing is black magic software.

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Community Manager
Jul 9, 2025 4:37 PM UTC

Hi @yash37312486ov1x,

 

I'm sorry to hear you're having such a difficult time getting Premiere to work.  Have you tried using the Cleaner Tool?. Can you share a screenshot of what the blank window looks like?  

I hope we can help you soon. Sorry for the frustration! 

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Peru Bob
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Community Expert
Jul 9, 2025 4:13 PM UTC