Have not been able to launch SDL Trados Studio 2021 - 16.2.9.9198 Freelance Plus for several weeks.

I do not have a technical support contract. Given the price the software costs, it seems to me that licensees should not have to pay extra to expect it to work.

I have used several versions of the software since the 2015 version. Never had a problem like this before. In fact, my 2021 version worked perfectly until December.

Since the beginning of the year, I can no longer open it. I had several error messages, for which I searched very long in the Community Support databases. I have applied many procedures to try to solve the problem without success. Now I don't even get an error message anymore: the application just won't open.

I had to turn down many assignments because of this sudden and unexplained failure. You can imagine the mood I'm in... 



Would it be too much to ask for technical support to finally make a living with a properly paid tool?
[edited by: Mireille Gravel at 10:22 PM (GMT 0) on 24 Jan 2022]
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  • First make sure you don't have any plugins installed as you may have one that needed to be updated to support the latest release of 2021 SR2.  

    Please close Trados Studio, delete these folders and restart Trados Studio:

     c:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\16\Plugins

     c:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\16\Plugins

     c:\ProgramData\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\16\Plugins

    If that doesn't help then please create a new thread and don't piggy back on one that already has a case assigned to it.  This way we can convert your specific issue to a support case easily to get you some assistance from the technical support team.

    Paul Filkin | RWS Group

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