{"id":33013,"date":"2008-12-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=33013"},"modified":"2015-12-29T22:42:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T22:42:10","slug":"when-i-bounce-to-mp3-in-pro-tools-i-get-an-error-message-that-says-omp-abort-initializing-libguide-lib","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/when-i-bounce-to-mp3-in-pro-tools-i-get-an-error-message-that-says-omp-abort-initializing-libguide-lib\/","title":{"rendered":"When I bounce to .mp3 in Pro Tools, I get an error message that says: OMP abort: Initializing libguide.lib"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you receive the error in the picture below, follow along with the video or follow the instructions below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2008\/12\/OMP-abort.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1726575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2008\/12\/OMP-abort-300x151.png\" alt=\"OMP abort\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2008\/12\/OMP-abort-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2008\/12\/OMP-abort.png 673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In your Windows Start menu click on &#8220;control panel&#8221;. In the top right side of control panel there is a search box. In the search box type system. In the results, the first option should be &#8220;edit the system environment variables&#8221;. Click on that.<\/p>\n<p>The system properties Window opens. Click on the &#8220;environment variables&#8221; button at the bottom of that window.<\/p>\n<p>In the lower box for &#8220;system variables&#8221; click the NEW button. In the Variable name section type<\/p>\n<p>KMP_DUPLICATE_LIB_OK<\/p>\n<p>Make sure its all caps and has the underscore. Also be sure that there isn&#8217;t any spaces before or after.<\/p>\n<p>In the Variable value section type TRUE, also in all caps, then press OK. Press OK on the environment variables window, and press OK on the system properties Window. 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