Most of us usually use Groove or the default Windows Media Player to listen to music on our Windows devices. However, MusicBee is another excellent option. It is the ultimate music player and manager. This application is packed with various features and is a popular and highly-rated music manager application for Windows 10/11. You can fine-tune the sounds with 15-tune or 10-band Equalizer and DSP effects. It also comes with ASIO and WASAPI Support, which is perfect when using an external sound card as your sound source. Moreover, the app enhances sound quality with features like the resampling track to low bitrate, 5.1 Upmix stereo surround sound and much more.
Nevertheless, like any other applications, MusicBee also has bugs. For some users, the software does not always open as expected. Recently, users have been reported of facing the MusicBee won’t open on Windows issues when they are trying to open the application. This prevents the users from accessing the application. There are several reasons for this error, such as low system specs, file corruption, or compatibility issues. Your antivirus application also may interfere with MusicBee and cause this error. This article discusses some common solutions to fix the MusicBee not opening on Windows 10/11 issue. So, keep reading.
Steps to fix the MusicBee won’t open on Windows 10/11 issue
Fix 1: Restart your PC
Suppose you are using a low-end PC and most of your background apps/services have occupied most of the GPU power and process. In that case, the MusicBee app may be terminated before execution because of a lack of processing power and RAM. Restarting your PC will help you free all the occupied processes and memory.
- Click on the “Start” Menu first and select the “Power” option
- Next, click on “Restart” to restart your PC
- Once your PC is rebooted, launch the application and check if the issue has been resolved
Fix 2: Give administrative privileges
If a program needs system resource files, it requires administrative rights to access them. Third-party applications cannot access system resources until they have administrative privileges. The application will fail to execute and show an error if it fails to connect to the essential files/services.
Therefore, the first thing is to run the app as an administrator. To do this:-
Right-click on the MusicBee application icon and select “Run as Administrator”.
If this fixes the issue for you, then configure always running the app with administrative privileges, as default option. To do that:-
- Right click on the Music Bee launcher and select “Properties”
- Navigate to the “Compatibility” tab and check the box that says “Run as Administrator”
- Click on the “Apply” button
Fix 3: Disable your Antivirus
The default Windows Defender is a great Antivirus tool available on Windows. However, it flags random applications sometimes for no reason, though the application is legitimate. Windows Defender will prevent the execution of the MusicBee application when it flags MusicBee, causing this error.
So, disable your antivirus and check if the application runs.
- To open up the Windows Settings, click on Windows Key + I
- Then go to “Update and Security” and then “Windows Security”
- Next select “Virus and Threat Protection”
- Scroll down and click on the “Manage settings” option
- Toggle off the “Real-time protection” option
Now run the app and see if the issue has been resolved. Make sure to turn off the antivirus manually if you are using any other antivirus tool. Some users have confirmed that Avast Antivirus is the key utility that can block MusicBee. So, disable Avast and check. Right-click on it’s system tray and select “Disable/turn off” option.
Fix 4: Terminate any application that can conflict with MusicBee
Other media players and managers may conflict with MusicBee if they run in the background. This may cause the MusicBee to not open on Windows 10/11, preventing the app from executing. So, we suggest you to close all the potential apps, such as VLC or Windows Media Player, that can conflict with MusicBee.
Use Taskbar to terminate the applications properly. Although you terminate an application, it’s services can still run in the background. So, you must use Task Manager. To do so:-
- Type Task Manager in the Windows Search bar and click on it to open
- Navigate to the “Process” tab to start selecting the applications that are consuming a lot of memory
- Next, move to the media player/ manager application, right-click on it, and select End task to terminate
- After terminating potential applications, launch MusicBee and check if the issue has been resolved.
Fix 5: Turn on DEP for vital services and applications only
DEP(Data Execution Program) may also affect MusicBee and prevent it from running. To fix the issue, you need to exclude MusicBee from DEP.
- First, right click on the “This PC” icon available in File Explorer within the left column of the window and then select “Properties”
- From the left-hand panel, go to “Advanced System Settings”. From the Performance section, select “Settings”
- Next, switch to the “Data Execution Prevention” Tab
- Click on the option that says “Turn on DEP for essential Windows services and programs only”
- To save the changes, click on the “Apply” button and to close the window, click “Ok”
Fix 6: Use the MusicBee app for Windows in Compatibility mode
Your MusicBee player may not open because of compatibility issues with your computer. Fortunately, Windows lets users run programs in compatibility mode.
- Right-click on the MusicBee icon and from the context menu, select “Properties”
- Go to the “Compatibility” tab in Properties and click on the “Run compatibility troubleshooter” button
- Now Windows will test the application and after it does, it will set the best compatibility settings
Alternatively, you do not have to run the compatibility troubleshooter if the application ran on one of the earlier editions and you are sure of this Windows version. Instead, check the checkbox that says, “Run this program in compatibility mode“. Now, select the Windows version from the dropdown menu.
Fix 7: Use MusicBee Portable edition
If you did not have any luck fixing MusicBee from the above-mentioned solutions, use the portable version of the player. Visit the download page of MusicBee and get the setup for MusicBee portable. Now download the MusicBee portable on your desktop, install, and run it instead.
Fix 8: Troubleshoot in Clean Boot State
We will perform a Clean Boot to eliminate any software conflicts that may prevent the MusicBee application from starting. Clean-booting Windows makes sure that there are not any conflicting third-party programs like antivirus utilities.
- To launch the Run dialog box, click on Windows + R
- Type MSConfig in your PC’s Run Dialog box and hit Enter
- Move to the “General” tab and click “Selective Startup”
- Uncheck the checkbox that says “Load startup items” and tick the checkbox for “Use original boot configuration” as well as “Load system services settings”
- Next, switch to the “Services” tab and then unmark the checkbox “Hide all Microsoft services”
- Click on the “Disable All” button under the list of services
- To save the changes, first, click on “Apply” and then “Ok”
- Now, try opening MusicBee
Fix 9: Reinstall MusicBee
Reinstalling the app is the last resort when the application shows the error message “MusicBee won’t open”, all the time. It will reset all the configurations and cache for the application. Further, it will fix any damaged or corrupted file/s.
- Open the Control Panel and under the Programs option, click on the “Uninstall a program” option to uninstall MusicBee
- Scroll down and select the “MusicBee” application
- Next, right-click on it and select “Uninstall”
- To complete the process, follow the uninstall wizard as usual
- Next, navigate to MusicBee’s official website. Then download and install the MusicBee player and manager again.
- Launch the application and check if the issue has been resolved. If not, consider upgrading your Windows and check if that helps.
Wrapping Up
MusicBee is among the most popular and highly-rated music players available on Windows. It is easy to use, free and has many accessibility features. However, users have complained about a few issues regarding the player, among which, MusicBee won’t open on Windows is a common error. This tutorial article explains the best solutions to fix problems with your MusicBee so you can run it whenever needed. Keep trying all the solutions mentioned above and see what allows for MusicBee to work. You need to identify the culprit and remove it, if it’s a conflict being caused by a third party app/service, if possible. All the best!
Experiencing difficulties with your Device, check out our “How To” page on how to resolve some of these issues.
