Luminar 4.2 crashes Windows PC everytime
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Win 10 Home-fully updated & patched/ Adobe Lightroom Classic & Photoshop.
Intel 4790K w/16GB RAM
Luminar was updated today to ver 4.2
Usual workflow-open image in Lightroom-make adjustments-go to File/Plugin-extras/Transfer to
Luminar 4---PC shuts down to black screen-does not restart itself.
After Lightroom adjustments-edit in Photoshop/ In Photoshop window go to Filters/Luminar 4---PC shuts down to black screen-does not restart itself. If I close alll programs and try to open Luminar4.2 stand-alone---PC shuts down to black screen-does not restart itself.
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I have traded emails with support. As of yesterday; I have followed their uninstall-clean-reboot-reinstall instructions to the letter---and the same crash always occurs. If I open Luminar 4.2.0(5577) as stand-alone; when I click on a thumbnail to edit--it crashes the PC. If I open either Lightroom or Photoshop and go to Luminar--it crashes the PC. I emailed support again, asking for a link to install the previous version, offline. If you use their regular download link---it just connects to & downloads the most recent version, which has caused my problem. 2 days ago I was using the previous version of Luminar 4 without any issues.
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Still can't get Luminar 4 to work without immediate crash. Here's what I did. Removed old Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD (C: drive); replaced with new Samsung 860 EVO 1TB-new SSD. Did clean install (DID NOT clone or transfer old Windows onto new drive) Did clean install of Windows 10 Home from Microsoft Media Creation tool. Windows 10 Home ver.1909. Build 18363.815.
Did all Windows updates, all drivers installed & updated--totally new Windows-clean installation. Did not install my Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, or DxO Photolab 3. I downloaded Luminar 4 from your website, installed as Administrator. Opened 1 file as a thumbnail. When I clicked to get it to full sized the PC crashed to black screen & powered off. A full refund is in order--obviously no help will be forthcoming for my useless purchase of Luminar4, which worked fine until the last update.
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No solution in Months after the report.
I exchanged a number of emails with Skylum support after multiple clean installations, Windows log analysis, etc their solution was to install version 4 that does not have the issue and they closed the ticket...
Really ridiculous that the solution is to use the older version.
Another reason to keep using Adobe LR and Capture1.
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I removed all Skylum & Luminar folders from my PC, removed all Skylum & Luminar registry entries, turned off Malwarebytes & my VPN, closed all other running programs. I installed Luminar 4.3.0 (6175) and input the email & activation number from my purchase. The program window opens, showing the sample photo. As soon as I click any menu item or the image thumbnail to edit, the PC shuts down & restarts. I repeated the remove, clean, reinstall several times. All attempts result in immediate PC crash & restart. I request a refund.
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Angela, it's not a "particular case", all of us that have commented on this thread have the same identical problem and Skylum just don't do something to fix it. Stop recommending us to contact the support team. I already exchanged n number of emails with the support team and it's pointless. The problem does not generate any logs or crash information where the support team expects to find the clue to fix it, this will not happen. Skylum should take this more seriously and reproduce the problem on a local PC, then work a solution.
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I have the same issue, 4.2 clashes each time, I have tried using CC cleaner, but no help.
I also uninstalled all my Adobe products and that did not help.
The last version was stable, I have tried to go back to it, but now that version clashes my computer each time.
I will try renaming the folder next.
I put in a support ticket.
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Hi Kirk,
I've already been through support, sent many emails back and fourth, tried many different things including installing a previous version (which worked fine). In short, I've spent too much time on this already with no apparent resolution. The 4.2 version of the program crashes some machines with this chip, as reported by multiple users. There isn't anything that can be done on my end, it has all already been tried.
I was just trying to see if there has been a fix because it's been 3+ months since this has been reported and there has been no update on this thread.
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I tried two methods found on the community including the one from Margaret above. All don't work at the end. Maybe its related t to the portrait tool since the last five reboots I was working on it. It's killing me as the reboot ruined the RAW file. The product is unusable at the moment. I hope it won't kill my PC...
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I have the same processor as OP (Intel 4790K) and 32GB ram.
I installed the trial today to try out the software and I'm having the same problem - the program shuts down the PC. I installed without including the PS plugins. I've tried booting the PC and running nothing else but same result.
Uninstalled.
So...if this isn't fixed in 7 days, will I still get a trial of the software when (if) it is fixed?
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Hello AH,
Perhaps I can help by giving my computer's info if that is helpful, (I also have this issue)
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home
Version 10.0.18362 Build 18362
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name 7960X
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Model System Product Name
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU ASUS_MB_KBLX
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-7960X CPU @ 2.80GHz, 2801 Mhz, 16 Core(s), 32 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 1902, 6/28/2019
SMBIOS Version 3.0
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
BaseBoard Product PRIME X299-DELUXE
BaseBoard Version Rev 1.xx
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Off
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume10
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.18362.752"
Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 64.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 63.7 GB
Available Physical Memory 51.8 GB
Total Virtual Memory 73.2 GB
Available Virtual Memory 57.1 GB
Page File Space 9.50 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Virtualization-based security Not enabled
Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected, TPM is not usable
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes -
Agree with A H. Support doesn't even read the messages. We posted multiple times that reinstalling everything solves nothing, that there are no logs, that the GPU driver is already updated and they keep going with the same default answers. The next support reply will be to ensure the PC is plug to AC and Windows is running.
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I have a Intel 9900k with 32gb of Ram and a RTX 2070 running windows 10 pro and I have the same issue I'll be editing a photo and the computer will completely shut down as if someone held the power button and I have to manually restart it.. I just purchased this app and now this.. it is getting frustrating how can I revert to older version to see if that works?
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Barry, Same exact thing here as well upgraded to 4.3.0 (6175) and but mine it will load one of my images and then just adjusting some of the sliders the computer will crash and reboot..ran a full computer diagnostic on my memory, processor, video card with no issues detected I even used windows sandbox mode and the software crashes in that as well... So it's definitely a software issue somewhere...
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So, I just upgraded from Luminar 3 to Luminar 4, and guess what?! I opened the program, converted my catalog, and clicked a photo to edit it...and you guessed it, now I'm here, because my PC crashed immediately. Of course a quick google search brought me here, and I see many others with the same problem. I am a computer expert, so tomorrow I will look deeper into this, as it's 2:50am here. I will see if I can find a rhyme or reason, but if not, I will definitely be looking for a refund. Totally unacceptable to find out after I purchased Luminar 4, that this problem goes back back months for everyone, and I read all the threads and not one person got a reply that fixed the issue. Anyhow, my system is rock solid, never restarts, and I play 4k games on it often, so yea here's my PC stats if it helps, but I doubt it.
Win 10 Home
4790K (Not overclocked)
Power profile - 100%
Samsung SSD
32GB RAM
Luminar 4.3.0
EVGA RTX 2060 SC - (Latest Drivers)
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Hi,
I'm a new user on Luminar since last saturday and I'm affected to this crappy thing...
Since 3 days my pc crashed 3 times while trying to edit photo on Luminar from Lightroom.
The PC shutdown and auto restart.
And when I open again lightroom and Luminar, guess what ? My licence is gone ! Luminar is telling me about trial period ! I have to activate it again with my licence key.
How can I ask for a refund ? I've noticed that I'm not the only one and that this issue is there since many months without any solution !
I have built a 4 000€ pc, never crashed, it's really pissing me off when my computer crash like this !
I spent 229€ for a software that's killing my computer ! what the hell if wrong with this ??!!
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Hey everyone,
I can assume we all know why we are here. Luminar 4 crashes. I have been using this app for a few months now and only today did it crash (over and over again). I already submitted my crash reports and read everything here. i did all the steps listed above. My problem does not shut the computer off but it just crashes the application. Really quite a bummer because I like this thing but its broken now. It worked on my wife's 8gb Surface Pro 4...but not my behemoth 36gb ram photo editor cpu. I was literally using it today, exported a project, moved into the next project for it to implode on me. Keep me posted yall!
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