Unable to use Cakewalk by BandLab

My installation of Cakewalk by BandLab just sits their unused because the few times I've tried to use it, including yesterday when I updated the program - it crashes when I try to use ANY VST.
 
Back in April when I caught up with the BandLab news and installed this new free Cakewalk, first thing I wanted to do was insert ARIA and start work on a new piece. - Cakewalk locked up, crashed. -- I went back to using good ol' Sonar X3, and that's what I'm still using - because the next time I tried BandLab's Cakewalk, the program locked up and crashed when I tried to use Melodyne. - It crashed when I tried to use V-Vocal - Crashed when I tried to use Dimension Pro. You get the picture - The program opens, and I can open up a current X3 project, but as soon as I try to keep building the project, it's a no-go. It's as if all my .dll files are being blocked - registered with my old Sonar and unavailable now--?? or what the hell kinda deal?
 
Any clues would be appreciated.
 
RB

OS? Machine Specs? Did you do a clean install with all defaults, or choose some non-default options?
Are you sending your crash dumps to Cakewalk?
 
Your experience is not typical, there must be some environmental thing a factor here.

Check the windows event viewer?
Did you make sure all of your VST paths are listed in the manager, and tried a reset and re-scan of plugs?
Backup your aud.ini and delete it, redo your config? Im sure CwbBL imported the old settings. may be some incompatibility
Check any antivirus logs?
All Plugins up to date?
Windows up to date?
Available system memory at project load?
Plugin load balancing disabled? (never works well for me)
 
Just some thoughts
 
Good Luck
 

Is your Sonar installation 32 or 64 bits?  Are the VSTs you want to use 32 bits, 64 bits or a mixture of the two?  I do not know if Cakewalk by BandLab supports the use of 32 bit VSTs as I haven't exercised the program in that manner.  I use 64 bit VSTs with CbB since CbB is only available in a 64 bit configuration and run Sonar Home Studio in a 32 bit configuration with 32 bit VSTs.
 
Have you tried creating a new, test project and using any of the VSTs in a new project?
 
What do the the crash messages say?

Yes, BitBridge is bundled with CbB.

Ditto on the good to see you again, Randy.
 
There should be an entry in the Windows Event Viewer that corresponds to your crash. If you're lucky, it'll pinpoint a plugin. Even if it just says "cakewalk.exe" there may still be a clue there. 
 
Do you have the same issue creating a brand-new project, or is it just when opening an existing X3 project? If the latter, make sure any Melodyne clips have been rendered before switching over.