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Fix: Silhouette Studio Encountered an Error and Must Quit

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Silhouette Studio is a populardesign softwarethat allows you to create a wide range of designs from scratch or download one from the Design Store. Unfortunately, however, theSilhouette Studio has encountered an error and must quitissue that seems to bug a lot of users.

Why does my silhouette studio keep crashing?

Why does my silhouette studio keep crashing?

Here are a few reasons why you get the Silhouette Studio quit without saving error:

Now that we know why this issue is occurring, let’s fix the problem once and for all.

How can I fix Silhouette Studio has encountered an error and must quit?

How can I fix Silhouette Studio has encountered an error and must quit?

Before we head to the slightly complex solutions, let’s try a few quick ones:

If none worked, try the solutions listed below, and you will find one to fix the problem.

1. Update the graphics drivers

Updating the drivers helped many users who reported that Silhouette Studio was crashing in Windows 10.

If you want to update all drivers on your PC quickly, we suggest using driver updater software such asOutbyte Driver Updaterthat can do that automatically for you.

Outbyte Driver Updater

2. Delete the program’s App data

3. Restore Silhouette Studio to factory settings

Another quick fix to resolve theSilhouette Studio has encountered an error and must quiterror is to reset the app to its factory defaults. This method has worked for many. However, remember that any set preferences and settings will be lost.

4. Download a previous version of Silhouette Studio

In case you started receiving theSilhouette Studio has encountered an error and must quiterror after the software was updated, it’s likely a bug in the installed version.

So, return to the relatively stable one, throw no such errors, and the problem will be fixed for good.

What do I do if Silhouette Studio crashes on Windows 11?

Downloading the 32-bit version will help fix theSilhouette Studio has encountered an error and must quiterror in not just Windows 11 but all iterations of the OS.

One of our readers also managed to fix this problem by lowering the display’s resolution so that you could also try that.

If the problem refuses to disappear, do not forget to check some of thebest designing softwareyou can switch to today!

Please let us know if this guide helped you fix the error message by using the comments below.

Milan Stanojevic

Windows Toubleshooting Expert

Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.

Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.

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Milan Stanojevic

Windows Toubleshooting Expert

Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.