3ds Max 8 will not start

[Geo]

Yeah the title pretty much says it. Whenever I try to start 3ds max 8, it will show the little hourglass next to my cursor, like its loading, but then it stops and 3ds max never loads. The weird thing is that when I look under my processes in task manager, it shows 3dsmax.exe in the list, even though I have no indication other than that, that it is loading at all.

I have tried reinstalling, restarting, and changing the graphics mode for 3ds, but to no avail..

Could anyone help me out?

[Snowy]

Sometimes programs do that to me when my license to use it runs out.

[Invader Veex]

Happened to me with Max 7 once. I just shut my pc off for a couple hours, got back on, and it was fine.

[Limited]

Do you have the autodesk licensing service running? You need it to be, although usually if your not it will display an error saying error loading license.

[Geo]

Well to be honest, I'm not sure how to turn it on or off, so I can't really tell you if its running. :\

[Limited]

Go to start > run and type "services.msc", a window will pop up a couple of seconds later, under name look for "Autodesk licensing service". Under the status tab, make sure its set to "Started", if its blank then its not running, to start it double click the name and hit the start button.

[Geo]

Nope, it was already started, so I don't think thats the issue.

[Roostervier]

Instead of reinstalling, try uninstalling and then installing again. Unless that's what you meant by reinstalling.

[Geo]

Yeah thats what I meant. I uninstalled (including temps and config files) and then installed again. But when I tryed to start it again to register 3dsmax, it wouldn't even let me get to that.

[Sel]

Format?

Compatibility mode?

Idk

[klange]

Check to make sure you don't have any broken plugins.
If Max doesn't get past the splash screen, that's usually the problem.

Expired registrations will still start (with the registration screen), and incorrect graphics setups will usually display the window for a split second.

[Geo]

It doesn't even show that little screen on the startup at all. I literally click the icon and nothing happens.