{"id":1720826,"date":"2013-10-03T19:29:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T19:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1720826"},"modified":"2014-01-24T15:56:55","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T15:56:55","slug":"im-receiving-a-fatal-error-when-trying-to-start-pro-tools-11-on-windows-elastic-audio-aaxplugin","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/im-receiving-a-fatal-error-when-trying-to-start-pro-tools-11-on-windows-elastic-audio-aaxplugin\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m receiving a Fatal Error when trying to start Pro Tools 11 on Windows (Elastic Audio.aaxplugin)."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you receive this error (see image) when trying to start Pro Tools on Windows, follow the steps below to get your system up and running again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/10\/Screen-shot-2013-10-03-at-12.37.19-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1720827\" alt=\"Screen shot 2013-10-03 at 12.37.19 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/10\/Screen-shot-2013-10-03-at-12.37.19-PM.png\" width=\"533\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/10\/Screen-shot-2013-10-03-at-12.37.19-PM.png 592w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2013\/10\/Screen-shot-2013-10-03-at-12.37.19-PM-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/downloads\/elastic-audio-plug.zip\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to download the Elastic Audio Plug.zip file<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Copy the .zip to your desktop.<\/li>\n<li>Right click on the .zip and choose Extract All.<\/li>\n<li>Go to C:\\Program Files\\Avid\\Pro Tools\\System Plug-Ins.<\/li>\n<li>Move the folder called Elastic Audio.aaxplugin from the extracted .zip folder to the folder you opened in step 4. 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