Session Stuck on Start Up - Small Gray Square

[noceilings3]

I have a project file that's stuck on start up whenever I try to open it, showing this tiny gray square.



Deleting the preferences.cfg file hasn't been working, same with renaming the VST folder + rescanning, and opening in Safe Mode.

The backups of this project are having the same issue.

Has anybody run into this issue before?

[[jur]]

Never heard of this one.
You should definitely contact Support and send them your .als

[JuliKwadwo]

Have the same Problem

[JuliKwadwo]

I managed to fix it on mine. But for mine, starting Ableton in safe mode did temporarily resolve the issue.. (Maybe try safe mode again? hold option, right click -> open, if you are on mac.)
That way, I was able to delete more and more tracks, always resaving the file and trying to open it in normal mode. The culprit was a MASCHINE 2 vst...
Do you run any Max4Live Plugins? I thought they could be the Problem as well. Try going to your Ableton Folder -> Resources -> Max, and delete or rename the folder, see if that helps... good Luck

[geo94]

I had the same issue while using a NI midi controller with the updated NI software. Found out it was a mismatch between the midi controllers firmware and the NI software. Once I updated the firmware on the midi controller everything worked as normal. Could be something similar if you’re using external usb devices.