TMPG Authoring Works - Batch Authoring tool not launching

[lj01]

Hi there - just wanted to see if anyone had any experience with this - I'm still using TMPG Authoring Works 4, which i know is outdated but it works fine for what I'm doing and I've never upgraded.

All of a sudden, I cannot launch the Batch authoring tool. It worked fine for me on Thursday, and then Friday it did not work. No changes to my system took place, it didn't work and i have not been able to launch it since. When i try, it hangs up and then i go into task manager to see it is using 16% of my CPU capabilities.

Has anyone ever had that issue, and/or anyone have any recommendations? I suppose i could just uninstall and reinstall and see if that works?

Thanks for any help!

[johns0]

Is there a project file saved in the batch authoring where the video files have been removed?Might be looking for them and gets stalled not finding them.

[lj01]

Thanks for your help. I was kind of thinking about that. I got into the habit of not clearing/deleting the batch projects, but it has never been a problem. Is there any way I can clear them, i'm assuming there is some temp folder or some item somewhere that i could possibly delete?

thanks again!

[lj01]

I solved it - it's under the documents folder- my batch saved projects file was 8 GB. I assume that was causing the problem. I deleted it and voila!

Thanks again for your help!

[thecganos1s]

Well my problem is that it can't accept more languages and sub tracks, and it can creates a sub menu on the main menu with settings for audio and subs