Can't start program R6025

I just got a new copy of audition 2.o and everytime I try and start it a grey box comes up with a message: "to continue working where you left off please restart audition." When I click the okay button on this box it drops out and another box comes up stating: "runtime error r6025 pure virtual function call." I've already tried pretty much all Steve has suggested in regards to this issue, including reinstalling twice and completely uninstalling so that I had to reactivate on installation once but it it still won't open. I don't think it's my machine, but just to be sure I'm running a 2.6 gig processor with hyper-thread and 2 gig of ram. I've got one 40 gig drive and one 160 gig drive and the sound card's an m-audio 10/10. Please help.

Judging by your reference to the suggestions from Steve, I assume that referred to this topic: http://audiomastersforum.net/amforum/index.php/topic,6221.0.html.

This error is caused by an incompatible VST or DirectX plug-in, so a couple of checks first:
- do you use VST or DirectX plug-ins?
- did you run AA without these effects? And if yes, did the error show up?
- when uninstalling AA, did you also uninstall the effects plug-ins prior to re-installing AA?

Nariman, are you reading this?

Pardon my ignorance but vst plugins are used for midi interface are they not? I have a problem with a nero 7 download from the nero site that wouldn't start and when i went to add/remove hardware would not be removed so eventually I just went and removed all the program files but my machine still thinks it's there, I think. I have adobe flash player active x. The thing is I'm so ignorant of what constitutes a direct x or vst plugin, how to recognize? And if I have to remove the flash player then I'll have to think about dedicating this computer for audition and use my old pentium 2 for web and other things until I can at least afford a p3 or higher. Is there any way around such problems?

Pardon my ignorance* but vst plugins are used for midi interface are they not?

Er, no... we are talking effects here, and that's all. Although there are a few rogue applications that get installed that look like effects that aren't, and the common ones that cause problems are in the banned list, along with anything that says it's a VSTi or DXi. But if, by some mischance you have one of these installed that isn't on the banned list, for instance because it was introduced after Audition was shipped, then it could still screw the system during install. But at this stage, the VST diagnostics tool should have started, and given you the opportunity to remove it as a problem.

I have a problem with a nero 7 download from the nero site that wouldn't start and when i went to add/remove hardware would not be removed so eventually I just went and removed all the program files but my machine still thinks it's there, I think.

Yes it's very likely to think that - the significant thing that you haven't done, and can't do, is edit out the registry entries that were created during installation. Which is why the OS probably thnks it's still there... You simply can't do an uninstall like that; that's what the uninstaller is there for.

I have adobe flash player active x. The thing is I'm so ignorant of what constitutes a direct x or vst plugin, how to recognize? And if I have to remove the flash player then I'll have to think about dedicating this computer for audition and use my old pentium 2 for web and other things until I can at least afford a p3 or higher. Is there any way around such problems?

Dedicated DAWs are always a much better idea. Having a machine connected to the outside world is always an invitation for trouble to occur, and it usually does sooner or later.

At the moment, it sounds as though the only real fix for your problems is going to be a clean installation of everything, including the OS - primarily because you've got out of control software removal, and a few other dodgy things going on as well - that's never a good sign. But overall, I think that you need to be a lot more savvy about what's going on in your machine, or get someone who is to install stuff for you - you seem to be getting a lot of things mixed up and confused. If you treat a PC in a way that it really doesn't want to be, then it's going to kick back - and it sounds as though it is.

*I am quite prepared to pardon your ignorance - that's not a problem at all. But, you will have to accept that there will inevitably be consequences as a result of it.

My  machine, which is refurbished, came with a licensed edition of xp home ready installed from the computer dealership but with no backup disk, so I can't reinstall the OS without going and buying one, which, at the moment I can't afford. Once I fix this problem I will certainly be dedicating this machine for audio only. Until I'm able to afford to buy a new OS would system restore do the trick?

System restore does not uninstall programs, it removes references in the registry to changes made since a given system restore date. You might try to do a system restore of the oldest date available in the system restore wizard screen, but I would not count on it to save the day.

Do you know if a Windows restore CD function is available on the PC itself? I don't mean system restore, but the Windows restore CD that could be pre-installed on the hard drive; check the documentation of your PC or ask your PC supplier. This should remove all software, re-install Windows, and bring your PC back to a new start.

If all of the above sounds abacradabra to you, and if you do want to use your PC as a dedicated DAW, I recommend you to ask a knowledgable friend, collegue etc. to do the re-install of Windows and other s/w.

You could ask your PC supplier for a Windows restore CD or to do the re-install, he might just have a good offer for you.

I get what you're saying,  i think. You're talking about a file on the drive that I could make a backup disk from right? Or a partition on the hard drive that I could run to reinstall the os from the drive itself? Which one of the above would that be and where do I look?

It just might be worth trying to re-install Nero and have one more go at uninstalling. This sometimes clears specific rubbish out.

a partition on the hard drive that I could run to reinstall the os from the drive itself?

If there is any, it should be indicated in the manual that came with the PC. It definitively is on a separate partition of your hard drive. Check your supplier or the web site of the manufacturer for more details.

First try the suggestion from Wildduck though.

Thanks for the advice guys, I'll try it out.