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July 1, 2022
Question

Premiere Pro stops Windows 11 start menu and search from working? As well as stops timeline

  • July 1, 2022
  • 2 replies
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Hi, I can't find anything online about this problem I have. Everytime I start Premiere Pro, after a minute or so the timeline stops working and so I close the app and try to open my windows 11 start menu to try and open the app, but the start menu will not open, as well as the windows search. I have opened task manager and attempted to close everything to do with adobe running in the background, everything closes BUT Premiere Pro, and it wont let me close it. I have a shortcut for Creative Cloud on my desktop which lets me open Premiere Pro, but after a few seconds the timeline stops working and my start menu still does not work. If I restart my computer everything is back to normal until I open premiere pro again. I have looked and my laptop says it does not need any updates.

Please help me figure this out, its very odd and very annoying. 

2 replies

Participant
May 19, 2025

I'm having the exact same issue. After Premier has been running for a time the task bar, start bar, and access to explorer is shut down forcing me to restart my PC.

 

Community Manager
May 22, 2025

Hi casey_8278,

 

We're sorry to hear about this. Is it happening while doing anything specific in Premiere Pro, like rendering or exporting, or is it random? Please also share your system specs (OS, CPU, GPU & RAM).

 

Thanks,

Sumeet

Joëlle Bh
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 5, 2022

Hello,

Can you share with us your pc and system specs please

Do you have the latest premiere pro version?

On another note please try to: Reset Premiere Pro preferences: FAQ: How to reset preferences in Premiere Pro?

Clear the media cache: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/clear-cache.html