Merge Clips Problem with Premiere Pro 22.4

I'm having a similar problem!

However, when I try to merge a video clip and an audio file my adobe says 'not responding'. I've been merging video and audio clips before so i dont know why its now not working anymore.

its been like this for the past 3 days since ive updated adobe premiere pro to the latest version and I have no idea how to fix it.

I've tried restarting my computer and updating my laptop just in case there was something wrong with my own device but everything is running fine...its just adobe premiere pro lagging.

Can anyone help me??

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