Sunday, April 30, 2006

Pro Tools hangs at DAE Splash Screen

Does Pro Tools hang at the DAE Splash Screen after you launch it? One workaround to try is deleting all of the "volume.ddb" files on your system. There should be one under the "Digidesign Databases" directory on each of your hard drives.

It's easy to forget to do this every time that you launch Pro Tools, not to mention a pain if you have several disks. I hate having to dick around with a system when I'm in creative mode, so I created a script that deletes these files upon boot. That way I don't have to remeber to do it, and don't get frustrated and sidetracked when Pro Tools freezes, requiring a reboot.

Open up notepad(or your favorite editor) and insert the following:
del "C:\Digidesign Databases\volume.ddb"
del "F:\Digidesign Databases\volume.ddb"
del "G:\Digidesign Databases\volume.ddb"
del "H:\Digidesign Databases\volume.ddb"

Obviously, substitute your drive letters, deleting or adding lines as neccessary.

Save the file as something like "delete-digi.bat", and then copy it to the Startup folder. (Right click on the Start button, and click explore. This will put you at the Start Menu folder. Drill down to Programs to find the Startup folder.) This way it launches every time you boot the computer.

Sometimes I shut down Pro Tools, and then go back into it later, without rebooting. I just have to go to Start,Startup, delete-digi.bat before launching Pro Tools, and then I have one less headache to deal with ;)

If you want to launch Pro Tools from the batch script as well, just put the path to it at the end of the file. Something like this:
"C:\Program Files\Digidesign\Pro Tools\ProToolsLE.exe"

This way you only have to click once ;)

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