anyone else get this?

Check if a authorization [ OK ] type box "popped under" and is hiding behind another window. You probably just need to click "OK" or "DONE" or something like that.
 

A lot of times it's that annoying "Windows has protected your PC" dialog.

Mine was held up by a Webroot dialog box warning me the program was attempting to connect to the internet. I had to make an exception so that it could continue.

dubdisciple
anyone else get this?

Yes. I had that. The files took a unusually long time to finish but I just let it go and eventually it finished. I assumed that it was the BandLab servers experiencing high traffic. As mentioned above, watch for any minimized warning dialog windows.

Thanks for suggestions, but no dialog boxes.  everything else is closed

When I installed the window was stuck with the message "installing" for about an hour and I just closed it and found the 2 downloaded files and ran cakewalk.exe. It installed with the same windows and prompts we've always had. No reason to run instruments.exe if you've already installed the instruments with Platinum.
 
I used it today and for me it worked better than Plat as far as crashing. No crashes, very stable. Hopefully tomorrow will be the same.

Mine just stays at %100 and doesn't do anything for hours.  i'll see if a file actually downloaded
 

gmp
When I installed the window was stuck with the message "installing" for about an hour and I just closed it and found the 2 downloaded files and ran cakewalk.exe. It installed with the same windows and prompts we've always had. No reason to run instruments.exe if you've already installed the instruments with Platinum.
 
I used it today and for me it worked better than Plat as far as crashing. No crashes, very stable. Hopefully tomorrow will be the same.

This solved my problem.  I had to force quit bandlab assistant and i searched for cakewalk.exe file.

The first time I loaded the assistant It did the same thing to me endless installing I went to the download folder and it was in there complete I ran it, It loaded and has been running like a champ alongside my SPLAT no problems I love it.