FIX solution for Samsung Magician won't start / fails to open 7.1 7.2 7.3 8.0

[0x6A7232]

Thanks to @Neil23, I've got the solution down (I think!😞

Force-quitting Samsung Magician, even including the service, did not work for me until I added the argument -no-sandbox in the Task Scheduler (just add it after the /AUTOHIDE option that's already there). 

1) Hit Start,

2) Search Task Scheduler, open it,

3) Scroll down the list to Samsung Magician, double-click it to open,

4) Click the Actions tab at the top,

5) Then double-click on Start a program

6) Now, in the lower-right, click in the box Add arguments (optional), and after /AUTOHIDE put a space and then -no-sandbox

7) Then click OK,

😎 Then click OK on the next box. 

9) Restart your computer.

Looks like there is another potential issue involving the PATH environment variable being missing, here's the fix if that is the issue, thx @aurum79 :

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

[aurum79]

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!

[blaze378]

Try this, it worked for me:

Open a Powershell as Administrator.
Run this: 
 start "C:\Program Files (x86)\Samsung\Samsung Magician\SamsungMagician.exe" --disable-gpu-sandbox

[QC91]

the Powershell as Administrator.  Works Great  it fix the problem 

[Members_Qlzw5zZ]

Tried all of the above an nothing works for me. When I install It appears to all be Ok but when I try to run magician it brings an icon up on the toolbar and then never loads past that point. Watching the memory/cpu/disk, there is a flurry of activity on all three when I click on the program and then disk and cpu activity for the app fall to zero. There also appear to be three instances of the app that open simultaneously on task manager, along with the magician service. Im tech savvy but not an IT expert. I've tried all of the above to no avail and now spent about 6 hours trying to get it to work so almost at the point of returning the SSD under warranty even though its not even been connected yet 😞

It seems really difficult to get any support from Samsung for this who don't seem to have an email address for support of anything other than their mobile devices, appliances and TV's

What is really annoying is it worked like clockwork on my other win 10 PC and I was so impressed with the SSD and magician that I bought another one for the second PC in the family. 

Any other suggestions on what I could try? Has anyone had any success contacting someone in Samsung tech support who can guide you through a fix?

[cyberspider99]

I have this exact problem. I have not tried the above yet though. 

[Neene]

An instant fix, thank you

[GalaxyForeverYoung]

Same pbm on W11 2024H2 and Magician 8.2. This pbm has been going on for years and Samsung have done nothing.