topic Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work in Computers & IT

Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

Ukrnet — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 17:39:06 GMT

New Samsung Magician 8.0 not installed (after install process samsung services start to load my comp processor and nothing happens futher).

After kind of installation, Magician interface not loading at all.

it's not working properly on my Win 11 and I reverted to 7.3.0

No previous versions of the program had such problems before!

Please fix it.

!!! SOLUTION

To make Samsung Magician 8.* work properly, just DO NOT disable the Windows service - "Server" (LanmanServer)

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

MarioBianchi1 — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 19:15:10 GMT

I have had the same problem, it happened while updating, "Magician has encountered an error and cannot continue. Press OK to launch the application again or cancel to quit. I tried both options neither worked. I tried to uninstall and install a clean version same error.

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

aurum79 — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 20:06:32 GMT

Same problem. I have a 990 Pro SSD I paid big bucks for. Samsung needs to fix this!

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

mmja — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 14:13:16 GMT

Same issue here. First I thought it was an issue with Malwarebytes Antimalware, but apparently it is not.

I have terrible problems, since Samsung Magician did not want to uninstall! I had to manually kill the service and processes, then run uninstall, finally delete remaining files. After this forcefull uninstall I reinstalled and still it didnt work - but after reinstall I have been able to uninstall it nicely without any additional tricks.

I have Window10 latest.

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

JoeHardy — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 14:19:11 GMT

I might as well say I have the same problem. What a pain. Untested software. At first I thought it was MalwareBytes but after uninstalling MB I still expewrience very strange problems. I can't even rever to 7.3. What a mess.

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

mmja — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 14:25:14 GMT

Yep, "Samsung_Magician_Installer_Official_7.3.0.1100" works like charm. The issue IS with Samsung Magician 8.0 version!

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

OLLI_S — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 21:41:53 GMT

I see the Samsung Magican icon in the system tray, but when I try to open the app, nothing happens.
Also when I restart my PC I can not start it.

I have Magican 8 installed in Windows 11 Pro x64

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

FabianBer — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 23:55:08 GMT

I have the same problem.

I installed Magician 8 on my Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 and have the same problem.

I had no other version installed before on that device.

As I did not get it to work I uninstalled it for now.

For me it looks like a GPU problem as for the 7.3 version but the "–disable-gpu-sandbox" does not work in this case.

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

aurum79 — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 00:06:18 GMT

Good news. I got Samsung magician 8 working under Windows 11 in the following way:

I installed Samsung magician 8 update and let it fail. I then used free autoruns 64 to stop the running Samsung magician processes.

I turned off the auto start function for Samsung magician in Windows.

I rebooted.

Then I put a link on my desktop to the actual Samsung magician exe file in the folder where it was installed on the desktop.

When I run the application from this link everything works just fine.

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

aurum79 — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:52:36 GMT

I have latest Samsung Magician 8 working on Windows 11. Here is what I did: Install Samsung Magician. Turn off autostart option after installation has completed (Options button). Delete the link to the app the install placed on the desktop. Change your windows system PATH variable to include the new Samsung Director (C:\Program Files (x86)\Samsung\Samsung Magician). This is done by right clicking on the Start Button, Selecting System from the context menu, choosing Advanced System Settings, going to the Advanced tab, clicking Environment Variables, Clicking on the variable called "Path", then "Edit", selecting "New" and adding the path above. Then add a link to the SamsungMagician.exe app in this folder to your desktop. The problem is stupid -- Samsung Magician can't find its own directory. REBOOT. Magician SHOULD NOT AUTOSTART. Then start Magician with the link you created every time you boot (or set this link to autostart if you know how). Works every time!

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

TMac215 — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 04:00:35 GMT

We shouldn't have to go through all of this. Just to get a program to work properly.

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

Members_NFSRuhP — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:54:53 GMT

I downloaded the latest vesion Samsung Magician 8.01 and I followed all the steps, and nothing magical happened. Samsung Magician launched, but in Drive Management, only Drive Dashboard is active. The rest of the options are grayed out and inactive. In other words, the program is not working correctly. It operated the same way before applying your method. It's strange that Samsung can't create a properly functioning program. I've checked several threads on different forums, and I discover that there have been and still are issues with 'Samsung Magician.' CrystalDiskInfo, which does the same things, simply works. Samsung's magic is really quite limited.

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

aurum79 — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 16:19:27 GMT

Sorry it didn't work for you. I agree that there are big problems with version 8. I have to admit that I have had the problem return and have gone through this procedure two additional times to restore correct operation. Thank you for this update.

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

Members_NFSRuhP — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 13:42:55 GMT

I'm not happy :). But thank you for your effort, maybe somebody will have more luck than me. Your way looks promising. However, I have the impression that the Samsung team is not bothering to read messages on this forum, hence the lack of response and improvement in the performance of Samsung Magician. Happy New Year.

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

aurum79 — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 00:37:30 GMT

Ok folks, I'm never right the first time, but I am persistent. Here is what works to run the new Magician 8.0+ software:

Go to a windows command prompt. Make sure you Run As Administrator.

Go to Program Files (x86)\Samsung\Samsung Magician directory.

Run SamsungMagician.exe with the -L switch like this:

SamsungMagician.exe -L

That's it. This switch is just supposed to list command options, so no idea why it works.

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

aurum79 — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 00:47:13 GMT

Also works to simply add the -L switch to the SamsungMagician command line in the desktop icon properties as follows:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Samsung\Samsung Magician\SamsungMagician.exe" -L

How about them apples?

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

aurum79 — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 00:48:06 GMT

Change this under properties on the deskop icon (add the -L switch). Works.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Samsung\Samsung Magician\SamsungMagician.exe" -L

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

aurum79 — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 00:49:44 GMT

Add the -L swtich to the command like under Properties for the Samsung Magician desktop icon as follows (-L outside the quotes, not inside). Works. Your welcome.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Samsung\Samsung Magician\SamsungMagician.exe" -L

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

Scyphe — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 23:24:23 GMT

@Ukrnet wrote:

New Samsung Magician 8.0 not installed (after install process samsung services start to load my comp processor and nothing happens futher).

After kind of installation, Magician interface not loading at all.

it's not working properly on my Win 11 and I reverted to 7.3.0

No previous versions of the program had such problems before!

Please fit it.

This is for Magician 8.0.1 which displayed the following issue (installed on latest updated Windows 10 Pro):

After installation I started it. The mouse cursor started flickering, the CPU usages jumped to ~40%, Samsung Magician didn't start, I finally had to kill the process in task manager.

This is the solution I found which worked for me:

"It turns out Samsung Magician 8 requires the "LanmanServer" service enabled in order to run. If you have it on "Disabled" - Samsung Magician 8 won't start."

To install the service (it's a microsoft service), do the following:

1. Run the Command Prompt as an administrator.

2. Copy the commands below, paste them into the command window and press ENTER:

sc config LanmanServer start= auto
sc start LanmanServer

3. Close the command window and restart the computer.

You should now be able to install and run Samsung Magician 8.0.x. I have no idea why Samsung Magician requires LanManServer Service and I'd rather it didn't use it or AT THE LEAST warn the user during installation if it doesn't find it.

Re: Samsung Magician 8.0 does not work

gnnplo — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:48:32 GMT

Same problem with Magician 8.1

So sad...