garyfox8
Sonar continues to crash. It happens with all sorts of plugins, whether VST2 or VST 3. I have had 18 separate crashes since January 13 that sent those dmp files to Cakewalk, and probably at least another 10 or so where it just hangs up and I have to shut it down. There is no rhyme or reason to the plugins, I have seen EZ Drummer appear to be a the culprit, then Addictive Drums 2, then an IK plug. There is only one constant; Sonar. I am running Platinum on a Windows 10 machine with the latest generation I7 chip and 16 gbs of RAM. Sonar was 100% stable for me until this point, using the exact same plugins that are on this machine now. 
 
I was wondering if it was a Windows update that caused the source issue. Any sort of feedback from Cakewalk would be greatly appreciated. I have been with Cakewalk since the GTR Tracks days with no problems. But I can't keep working like this. I have deadlines to meet, and a constantly crashing DAW is a problem, loyalty notwithstanding.

Man I understand your pain. Many of us have been there before. You may be forced into simply reinstalling from scratch unless you have an image file or hard drive copy of when things were stable.
 
I think no matter how careful we are eventually our system will go haywire as yours has, that's why disaster recovery is so important. I like using image files. Anytime I make any changes to my system I log it and also make a new image file.
 
 I can't afford instability because I have a working studio open to the public and don’t want to be caught flat footed with a customer standing by. Countless times reverting back to a known good image file has saved me lots of headaches and needless troubleshooting. Hope you find some stability soon.

garyfox8
Sonar continues to crash. It happens with all sorts of plugins, whether VST2 or VST 3. I have had 18 separate crashes since January 13 that sent those dmp files to Cakewalk, and probably at least another 10 or so where it just hangs up and I have to shut it down. There is no rhyme or reason to the plugins, I have seen EZ Drummer appear to be a the culprit, then Addictive Drums 2, then an IK plug. There is only one constant; Sonar. I am running Platinum on a Windows 10 machine with the latest generation I7 chip and 16 gbs of RAM. Sonar was 100% stable for me until this point, using the exact same plugins that are on this machine now. 
 
I was wondering if it was a Windows update that caused the source issue. Any sort of feedback from Cakewalk would be greatly appreciated. I have been with Cakewalk since the GTR Tracks days with no problems. But I can't keep working like this. I have deadlines to meet, and a constantly crashing DAW is a problem, loyalty notwithstanding.

Hi,
 
I had the same problem, but now it's solved. If is of any help, this is what I did:
 
1. Run Sonar in administrator mode: it worked just fine before Cakewalk released last update.
2. After last update the program is super stable.
 
Hope you manage to make it work. Having the program crashing is really a nightmare, speccially when working with/for clients.
 

garyfox8
 
I was wondering if it was a Windows update that caused the source issue. Any sort of feedback from Cakewalk would be greatly appreciated. I have been with Cakewalk since the GTR Tracks days with no problems. But I can't keep working like this. I have deadlines to meet, and a constantly crashing DAW is a problem, loyalty notwithstanding.

Hi. I just noticed this thread, and thought I would share, in case it could be helpful.
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/HeadsUp-Latest-Windows-10-Update-m3559100.aspx#3559100
All the best.

Hey Everyone,
 
Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I do run Sonar in administrator mode already, so unfortunately that's a dead end. I may have to go down the reinstall, or at least repair, route soon. I have noticed that sometimes I will start an existing session and boom! It crashes out of the gate. Then I will launch everything again and it loads fine and everything works like nothing ever went wrong. Other times a session loads fine and then something causes the session to crash. It will be weird stuff too, like saving the file, or hitting rewind. It's maddening.

If you are going to reinstall SONAR, make sure you perform a CLEAN install, as per these instructions:
 
https://www.cakewalk.com/Support/Knowledge-Base/2007013392/SONAR-2015-Clean-Install-Instructions