I would be grateful if anyone here could help me, I am using FL Studio v20.9.2 and I simultaneously installed v24.2.2 which I was very excited about. I installed it for all users when I was on my admin account (main user profile) on windows 10 but when I launched FL v24.2.2 , the cursor loads and then stops but FL v24.2.2:won't open I tried everything. And also when I created another windows user profile (2nd admin profile) FL v24.2.2 opens and works in that perfectly. FL studio 20.9.2 still opens in both user profiles but v24.2.2 won't open on my main account(main user profile on which I have all my cracked plugins) and all my plugins have been installed there. Please I want to fix this.

I tried every new version of FL but only versions till 20.9.2 opens newer version from v21 onwards won't open on main admin user profile but opens on 2nd admin user profile HELP ME

 

Are you already an administrator and are both cracked versions?
FL Studio has received new copy protection and account protection. Do you really need two versions?

If you absolutely need two versions, I would recommend the following procedure, without any guarantee that it will work. Delete it and create a folder with "Image-Line 1" and one with "Image-Line 2" in "C:\Program Files\Image-Line" and install them separately. The result should be that the two versions are in their own folders.

 

Last edited: Aug 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM

Yes I am administrator of the pc and both user profiles are admin profiles. Also Both versions are cracked and i don't need both versions but have kept them because the new version didn't open. I will update it here after trying the steps you suggested. Thank you so much for Helping

 

I still have 2 versions of FL Studio in my old machine and it's is a mess sometimes, specially with the plugins database.
If you could keep 1 version running it's better as, anyway, you can't open projects saved with newer versions of FL Studio in older ones.

But, once I has this problem, I had to right-click, run as admin directly in the .exe of FL Studio x64 to open it.
you can try it

 

Try resetting FL 2024's settings to default on your user account.

Hit the windows/start key + r on your keyboard to open the "run" prompt.



Type in "cmd" and hit enter (you can also type "cmd" into the start menu and hit enter).
Now navigate to your installation path of FL Studio 2024.2
(in my case it's C:\Program Files\Image-Line\FL Studio 2024.2.2 as I use several folders for several installed versions)
by using the "cd" command. Make sure to put the path into quotes as it contains spaces.

Code:

cd "C:\Program Files\Image-Line\FL Studio 2024.2.2"

Now type in

Code:

fl64.exe /reset

and hit enter.



Another way would be to use FL's Diagnostics tool in:
C:\Program Files\Image-Line\FL Studio 2024\System\Tools\Diagnostics
-> run "fldiagnostic.exe" and choose "Reset FL Studio settings"

but that tool also tries to phone home so the direct "/reset" command is the better option on a cracked FL Studio.

You'll then get asked if you really want to reset all settings to default and there you click "yes".
After that, you could restart your PC or try running FL Studio directly to see if it works.

If it doesn't, open the start menu and type in "event viewer". Hit enter to run it, go to "custom views -> administrative events"
and search there for errors about FL studio instances. Those logged error events sometimes show faulty modules or error codes
about crashed processes that can help finding the issue faster.

 

Last edited: Sep 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM

I tried everything but it still doesn't open.
The logged error events tell this:
I think I should uninstall both versions and delete FL Reg Entries aswell and do a fresh install of the newer version let's hope that works I will update it here if this works. "Please suggest me the folders i should clear before doing the fresh installation". Thank you

 

C:\Program Files\Image-Line
C:\Program Files (x86)\Image-Line
C:\Users\YourName\Documents\Image-Line

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Image-Line
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Image-Line

Restart PC!

Locating FL Studio Installation Files
https://www.image-line.com/fl-studi...dioinstallationfiles.htm#windows_cleaninstall

 

Last edited: Sep 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM

Guys, Thank You So Much For All The Answers
I uninstalled both versions of FL Studio
Deleted all the Reg Entries from the PC
RESTARTED THE PC
DID A CLEAN INSTALL OF THE NEW VERSION
RESTARTED THE PC
FINALLY IT WORKS!!!

I figured out, the error was due to old REG ENTRIES and 2 VERSIONS of FL STUDIO.

Thank you very much to all of you guys

 

Nice that you found a solution.
The reset worked in most cases of such problems on my side as it deletes possible
fauly reg entries as well. The event viewer screenshots also just tell that fl crashes on unload
which can have a few reasons and a bad reg entry is one of them.

I'm very glad you got it working.