ADOBE PREMIERE PRO 2020 14.2 (NOT RESPONDING) Windows PC

You're quite welcome, I know how frustrating this stuff can be, so really part of my willingness to help was because you were being so polite. It's hard to want to help people on this forum when they're jerks, so thanks for being cool!

I was also reluctant to do it, whereas somehow I just knew in the back of my mind that this is the only solution, but then I realized that my PC is almost empty, I do nothing on this other than work-related stuff, so it was easy for me to do it. 

Btw I would like to especially thank you David Arbor for such an amazing response and always there kinda attitude, it gave me hope and I got through it. Thank You Adobe Community. 

I'm glad to hear you're up and running again! Unfortunately, sometimes the only way to fix these kinds of issues is to reinstall Windows. I often hesitate to suggest that as people are usually reluctant to do it, but somtimes it's worth it vs the time spent trying to figure out the problem.

Still the same issue. Not Responding even with the new update... This is just absurd. I am so frustrated right now that I am paying for something and I can't even use it at its full potential. Tried the 14.3 (Latest update) but still no response. 

Something has to be wrong with either what I am doing or with my machine. There is something with the new version which is not letting me do it. I don't know I have run out of ideas and also hope!!!

PLEASE HELP!!!

Well, 14.3 was released this morning/last night apparently. So while that is the same version as the Public Beta, it's still a newer version, but it will also overwrite your 14.2 install. So...ya never know.

Yeah, that's the problem actually that 14.1 is also not working, it's just 14.0 that's functional. 

14.2 is the best iteration of Premiere Pro to date as I have been using it for the past 6 years now, never had a problem like this, somewhat minor errors here and there which were easy fixes but this is biting my head off. 14.2 was faster and saving me a lot of time, but alas. 

So as I said 14.0 is the one, for now, really hoping to get an update or a fix to rectify this asap. 

Secondly, absolutely yes I did delete everything when, actually I went to the extent of removing Creative Cloud itself with all the features and applications then deleted all individual folders and files also, so there was no trace. Then I reinstalled 14.2 and tested, it worked once. I did some work on my project and saved it, closed premiere pro, reopened, and then again the same issue. 

The welcome screen comes on it gives the option to open a new project or an old one, but as soon as I try to load a project or start a new one, it freezes completely. I even left it for an hour or so, thinking maybe it is just taking time to load, but after 4-5 minutes the not responding message comes on. 

I also tried loading the tutorial projects as well, thinking maybe there was a problem with my project file, but that does not load either. 

I don't know to be honest what actually is the problem, but I certainly hope this gets fixed as it is waste if it does not. 

You're welcome! I'm glad to see it's working somewhat. If 14.2 doesn't work I recommend going back as recent as you can, to 14.1, if possible. 14.0 is going to have more bugs potential stability issues than 14.1 will, but 14.2 did have some nice features like hardware-accelerated H.264 encoding.

When you trashed your preferences, did you manually find the folders and delete them or did you use the KB shortcut. I'd be curious if you went to C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro and deleted (or temporarily moved) all the contents of that folder, as well as C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Premiere Pro

This sounds very much like something is corrupted and preferences or cache are often the culprits.

What about when you just opened 14.2 and didn't even try to open a project. Did you get the Welcome Screen?

Man, I appreciate your prompt reply at least it's giving me hope. Thank you so much. Really!

OK so I have just installed the 14.0 version the very first in the 2020 line. It is working, it is also opening my projects, its not as fast and quick but yet working at least. So, I am gonna try and overwrite it with 14.2 and hope to see it working as well. If it does not I will roll it back, this won't solve my issue as I will still be working with an old version, and there are features which I am using in this one, but at least I can partially complete my projects for my clients so I don't get into trouble. 

Have you only tried creating and opening projects on your C drive, or in your User folder like the initial screenshot shows? Do you have a fast media drive that you work off of? I'd be curious to know what happens if you try creating a new project elsewhere.

Actually, before even creating a project, does Premiere launch and show the Welcome screen?

Other things to do for good measure

1) I suspect you have, but restart your computer

2) Quit all non-essential apps that live in your System Tray

3) Open up the Task Manager and try to force quit anything that appears to be hanging or could cause a conflict. You said you tried other user accounts, which shouldn't have many things starting up, but at this point it's getting harder to diagnose.

4) Have you tried rolling back to 14.1? You can install previous dot updates from the Creative Cloud app by going to Premiere's listing, clicking on the three dots at the bottom-left and choosing "Other versions" (see screenshot). Then you can overwrite 14.2 with 14.1.