Reinstalling platinum

Correct, but check the "win 10 slow... " thread below by ScottfromCanada. Some of those posts imply gear without Win10 drivers can throw Win10 into a tizzy.

Thanks scook

Try Win+R or search for run

OK... no crash if I just load up the ol' basic template and create a new song file...add a synth (diva), record a bit, and play back.  Saving and reloading works fine... So, I'll now try and load direct from my songs HD and bypass the start screen...

Glad you got it worked out.  I did a clean install of Win 10 and have not had any problems.  I know it's a pain to reinstall your programs, but after upgrading from Win 7,8 and 8.1, I wanted to clean house and start fresh.

So, cold start from start screen crashes... i just updated things to the bakers on the new fault reporter... but I'm still real happy with the inhanced load times.  Just can't use start screen to start... that's a funny one... but oh how I luv the fast load times... it is just blazingly fast with the clean reinstall...
 
Last update (sure...)  ok... seems to be a conflict between loading a song while it is scanning for plug ins... if I cancel the scan, the start screen loads... never noticed that before

Yea, brian... that seems to be what I need to do...although I find it seems to relate to having the plug in blue screen at the lower rt hand of the monitor showing... If I click this off, the start screen doesn't cause a crash.  Also, using the start screen after another song is loaded doesn't result in a crash.
 
You might want to fill in the fault reporter so the bakers know it isn't an isolated situation and can come up with a modified clean install proceedure or add a warning to the existing proceedure or something.
 
Here is my last fault report:  "
continuation of clean install SPlt crashing...
OK, I notice that if I cancel the plugin scan, it'll load from "start screen" without crash.
It appears that even if the plug in scan screen at right lower part of the monitor is showing, it results in a crash... as when I clicked it off canceling the scan, "start screen" loads worked. This time, I started SPlt and left the blue plug in scan screen up and even though it WASN'T scanning... just being up, saying how many plugins it found, was enough to cause this crash.
So, bottom line, I have a new workaround which is fine with me... don't have the little blue plug in screen at bottom right of monitor showing. I'm just explaining this all to you super cool bakers so you have the info if you need it."
 
I want to reitterate... I love the new fast load and am now going to see if adjusting the plug in scanning will eliminate the issue.

Hey everyone, this seems like it's most likely caused by a corrupted cache. Try deleting the contents of the following directory: C:\Users\<your user>\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\SONAR Platinum\StartPageCache (don't delete the actual StartPageCache folder)
 
Then, relaunch SONAR. This should do the trick.
 

Well, problem is back again. So, I'm just going to by-pass the Start Screen until there is a fix. To busy to try to track down what is messing up the cache.
 
Brian