Davinci Resolve 19 Will Not Open

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John Preval

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Davinci Resolve 19 Will Not Open

PostWed Apr 16, 2025 12:44 am

Windows 10
Davinci Resolve Studio 19
New User

As a new user I created a new project , cut, edited, and pasted vidoe text and graphics and was happy with the program, however as a tidy up exercise after I exited Resolve I moved a number of "project" files to "better" location.

When I next opened Resolve to make a few changes to the project I got a message about the Media files being unavailable. I expected this (as I had moved the files) I looked for a method to relink the files but all I achieved in do so was to kill the program and put it in a "not responding mode".

To get out of this I used task manager to close the program. I then restarted Resolve but it only got as far as loading the splash screen, it stops at "Loading Project Settings".

What have I done to try and move forward:

1. Used Task Manager to "kill" Resolve and tried again to load the program.
2. Restarted the PC
3. Uninstalled Resolve and reinstalled, currently only once
4. Did a cold restart of the PC (disconnected the ac power)
5. Read this forum and found lots of people who've had this or a similar problem
6. Renamed the Appdata Preferences folder, at my next attempt it was recreated but Resolve didn't get beyond the splash screen
7. Uninstalled the "Control Panels"

I'm at a bit of a loss at this point if anybody has any clues I'd be happy to try anything.
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Re: Davinci Resolve 19 Will Not Open

PostThu Apr 17, 2025 11:02 pm

Give the FAQ a good read. It goes over some troubleshooting steps, as well as what information to post if those fail.

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=90190
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