Au 2018 will not open

[erinh77878147]

Au 2018 will not open and I have uninstalled and reinstalled 3 times. I have also tried installing 2017 again and it does not open either.  I meet all system requirements and have no issue with any other Adobe program.  I am running PC with a 64 bit, Win 7, 64gb ram. 

When I open, it stalls on "Initializing (AuBackend)"

[ryclark · Accepted solution]

So CC2017 worked OK before the update to CC2018? Try opening with the Shift key held down. This sets all Audition's preferences back to the default.

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

If that doesn't work, then you have to treat this as a crash, and send Adobe the last log report - details here: Audition Crashed. Now what?