I can not Launch Corel VideoStudio 2023

Rudolf Beim 15 Reputation points
2026-09-02T18:14:41.21+00:00

Initially I have some problems with the program. Corel suggested to reinstall it witch I did. Now I can't even launch the program.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Apps

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  1. Steven Tiberius 6 Reputation points
    2026-09-17T17:52:11.38+00:00

    After spending an entire day researching this and working with various AI systems here is what finally worked for me: renaming the uvDV.dll file in the Video Studio program directory. According to Gemini, "(This disables a legacy DV capture module that frequently causes startup threads to hang indefinitely on modern systems)." Launching consistently now.

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  2. Iain Hunneybell 20 Reputation points
    2026-10-05T15:13:01.0533333+00:00

    Corel have issued a Hotfix at https://kb.corel.com/en/131200

    It is simply a zip file containing a replacement uvDV.dll, so the instructions are...

    1. Make sure you do not have any orphaned VS23 tasks ...
      1. Right-click task bar and select Task Manager
      2. In the top search bar type "vid"
      3. Make sure there is no Video Studio background process still running after a crash
      4. If there is an orphaned VS23 task, right-click on it and select End Task
    2. Rename the original uvDV.dll which will probably be found in C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel VideoStudio 2023. Corel suggest renaming to uvDV.dll-original
    3. Drop the new copy of uvDV.dll included in the Hotfix zip file (it's the only contents of the zip) into the VS23 directory
    4. And you’re done 😀

    I had found Win11 26H2 did not resolve the issue, but this new uvDV.dll does

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  3. Iain Hunneybell 20 Reputation points
    2026-10-04T13:46:40.5433333+00:00

    Just a note to say a move to Win11 26H2 has not changed anything. Same behaviour as before

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  4. Mohammad AL Najjar 15 Reputation points
    2026-09-27T23:08:08.31+00:00

    Here is a Temporary Workaround from Corel:

    VideoStudio 2023 Startup Failure on Windows 11 After Late August–Early September 2026 Updates

    Hope it helps for now, and waiting for Microsoft to fix things.

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  5. Mohammad AL Najjar 15 Reputation points
    2026-09-23T08:12:27.6166667+00:00

    Screenshot 2026-09-23 110711

    Today, we got this update.

    Still, it didn't fix our problem; the issue is persistent.

    Microsoft, PLEASE HELP!

    My projects and work have been broken for over two weeks!

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