Thanks John for the thought--this is AFTER SF shows loading the plugins and the "splash" screen goes away. Between that point and when SF is actually usable, the mouse position is just a spinner and task manager shows the app as "not responding". However after something like 1 or 2 minutes, the application finally opens in usable mode.

None of the earlier versions of SF Pro ever did this. As you said there were a few seconds of reading VST's but after that it came up.

Send email to infoservice@magix.net and report this issue, with screenshots if possible.

it takes 12 minutes before the app opens up to use.

12 minutes!!!....
I would try refreshing the VST search plug-ins which would also indicate which which one may be causing the problem. Go to "Options> Preferences> VST Effects, and click the "Refresh" buttpn, monitor the procedure and if one takes an abnormal time to grovel, disable it in the VST check list.

Otherwise, try a full Reset/Clear Cache (in the 'File' menu).

btw, welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users community @Rudy-Ising.

Clicking Refresh does not resolve the issue.

Clicking Refresh does not resolve the issue

No it usually does it not, but would indicate the plug-in(s) causing the delay.

Thanks for these thoughts again. Also, I meant it took 1 to 2 minutes but I guess the dash erased and it said 12minutes.... :-( From testing it does look like this version is simply taking much longer to load the VST's. The splash screen displays while scanning vst, but then the splash stops then it takes one or two minutes after the splash clears before the application actually is usable. I have not had this happen with earlier versions of Sound Forge Pro with the same set of vsts. I did clear the cache and then the re-scan took a long time to scan, so I'm guessing that this is the problem with this release. Once the application opens I'm not seeing any issues.

Exactly. The same happens to me. That's why I said that version 16 is one of the worst.

Thanks John. Pretty much confirming that the slow loading at startup is the plug ins as the "FX Plug ins" menu at top doesn't display until its completed loading (2 minutes). Yuck. Guess might have to continue to use V15 until they patch 16 to load faster. I have more plugins to read etc with Cubase or Reaper and both come up way faster than 16 does. Thanks again...

Keep using version 15 and wait for Sound Forge 17. I don't think version 16 will improve.

SFP-16 is messed up in many ways with VST plug-ins. I cannot use it either.

I have used Sound Forge 9 for years but have now updated to Version 16. I used to be able to save WAV files in the "Scott Systems" format (which was an option in version 9) (so the file could run in a Radio Station Automation System). The problem I am having is there is no longer an option to save a "Scott Systems" File in SF16. Is there some other way that I can do this in the program ? I wouldn't have upgraded if I could not do this. Frustrated..........