LMMS Windows Ten Issues: A Frustrating Experience

As a musician, I was excited to try out LMMS, a popular digital audio workstation (DAW) for creating music. However, my experience with installing and running LMMS on Windows 10 has been nothing short of frustrating.

I started by downloading the 32-bit version of LMMS and attempting to install it on my laptop, which runs a dual installation of Windows XP and Linux Ubuntu. Despite having full administrator privileges, I encountered the same error message every time I tried to launch the program. I even tried running the 32-bit version in compatibility mode as Windows XP SP3, but that didn't work either.

I also suspected that a QuickTime problem might be the issue, so I installed the latest version of QT and uninstalled it along with LMMS. I even reinstalled LMMS several times, thinking that maybe something was corrupted. However, the same error message persisted.

In an effort to troubleshoot the issue, I tried installing different versions of LMMS, including 1.1.3, v1.1.0, and v1.0.99. I also installed various C++ runtime libraries from Microsoft's website and attempted to run both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of LMMS.

Unfortunately, none of these attempts were successful, and I was left with the same error message every time. It seems that I'm not alone in this struggle, as another user, Måns, has reported similar issues.

While I'd love to provide more technical details about what's happening during the startup process, I'm not sure how to debug it effectively. However, I do have the option to start my machine up with another OS (AV-Linux) and access Windows-only drivers for some of my hardware, including my Zoom R16.

Overall, I think it's a pity that LMMS doesn't work on my machine, as I had been able to use it successfully on another computer without any issues just five months ago. Hopefully, the developers will be able to resolve these Windows 10-related issues and make LMMS available for all users again.

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