Kontakt doesn't start neither in DAW nor as a standalone

FatCat · 2022-04-18T18:01:51+00:00

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Kontakt does not start. FL studio cannot validate VSTs of Kontakt and the standalone application provides just blank error message. Tried to reinstall several times, I have even made a reset of Windows 10 but it didn't help.

I have also tried different versions (6.4.2 , 6.6.0 and 6.7.1), all of them do not work.

This start of the Kontakt does not create database in %localappdata% location

When I try debug Kontakt with Visual Studio,I get such exception:

Unhandled exception at 0x00007FFF93AD4F69 in Kontakt.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: boost::filesystem::filesystem_error at memory location 0x000000000014F5D0.

So, it means that it has some problems in creating folders, opening files etc. Start of the Kontakt as Administrator did not help

I have written directly to support but there is still no reply.

Other NI products (Guitar Rig and Massive) work fine as standalone and as VST.

I ask you to help me in the recovery of the Kontakt 😫

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Wonner

I doubt I can be much help, but are you on a 64-bit system?

Kontact 6 is 64-bit only.

FatCat

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/14157#Comment_14157

Yes, I am on 64-bit system. Moreover, before the update, Kontakt 6.6.7 worked fine, there is smth happenned after the update to 6.7.1.

Jeremy_NI

Hey @FatCat Have you tried resetting the database as explained in this article ?

Reinitialize the KONTAKT Database

Click on the Windows start button on the bottom left of your screen.
Type "%localappdata%" and click on the option which appears.
Navigate to the Native Instruments folder.
Then, depending on the KONTAKT version you are using, delete the following folder:
KONTAKT 5: "Kontakt 5" or
KONTAKT 6: "Kontakt"

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