Premiere Elements 12 Incompatible Display Driver problem

I recently bought Adobe Premiere Elements 12 and installed it with no problem. I tried to run it but it keeps saying that my display drivers are incompatible. My AMD Radeon 6950 has up to date drivers and I even tried deleting the BadDriver.txt, but it keeps appearing when I try to open the program. I would appreciate any help. I have tried almost everything.

truevagabond
Great job in solving your own issue.
Just a note, when you delete the BadDrivers.txt file, it is normal for the program to generate a new one when the program is opened again. And hopefully the program now works without display error messages.
That BadDrivers.txt file deletion has its origin in the days of Premiere Elements 9 and has continued to help others with later versions as well...after updating video card/graphics card driver is not the answer. The rationale behind BadDriver.txt file deletion can be found in post 10 of the following older thread
Premiere Elements 9 Tryout Serious Display Problem
ATR

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Product name: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz
System memory: 8GB
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Memory slot 2: 4GB SODIMM Samsung 1333MHz
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Intel(R) HD Graphics Family 8.882.2.3000 (30/09/2011)
Radeon (TM) HD 6770M 8.882.2.3000 (30/09/2011) (newer updates are not available)
please help...

cmbishop82
Did you go through the drill
a. video card driver version up to date according to the manufacturer of the video card
b. if so, deletion of the BadDrivers.txt file....for Premiere Elements 12 in Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64 bit, the path is:
Local Disk C
Program Data
Adobe
Premiere Elements
and in the Premiere Elements Folder is the BadDrivers.txt file for version 12. The BadDrivers.txt file is a file in this Premiere Elements Folder which also contains folders. You do not want anything in those folders. All you want is the BadDrivers.txt file in the Premiere Elements Folder.
Make sure that you have Folder Option Show Hidden Files, Folders, and Drives active so you can see that complete path.
The rationale for the being of the BadDrivers.txt file has its origins in post 10 of the following older thread
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3177024
When you get the display card error message, is it before you import media into the project? And, when you get the message, does the program allow you to continue by pressing a Continue Button or are you stopped from going further?
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Premiere Elemente 12 - incompatible Display Driver on Win 8.1

Hi Everybody!
I am running Windows 8.1 on an HP Ultrabook equipped with 23" external Display via USB 3.0 Port Replicator. Primary Display is off, as Notebook is closed.
I have installed PE12 before updating to W8.1.
Starting PE 12 results in an alert message: "incompatible display driver detected, please update..."
Updating Chipset Drivers resulted in "most recent driver installed".
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Have stopped the firewall and allowed all traffic -
From what I have read, many of this type of situation has been resolved by disabling the firewall with the rationale that file like dynamiclinkmanager is being blocked from getting to important files because of firewall protection. If this turns out to be the case, then we would need to look into writing exceptions in the firewall.
Removed the newest version and installaed 7.6.6. -
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Does the copy of error report from F-Secure help you:
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Windows Error Reporting" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1001</EventID>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-06-16T21:02:14.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>24360</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>medvind-ABook</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data />
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>APPCRASH</Data>
<Data>Ikke tilgængelig</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>Adobe Premiere Elements.exe</Data>
<Data>12.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>530bd24a</Data>
<Data>WorkspaceManager.dll</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>523cd2f7</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>0000000000013070</Data>
<Data />
<Data />
<Data>C:\Users\medvind\AppData\Local\Temp\WER9A7C.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml</Data>
<Data>C:\Users\medvind\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_Adobe Premiere E_d162227a4febdf6c14e1c316fcd1d65b7c15bd5_2234ae4a</Data>
<Data />
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>7a2ee7ac-f599-11e3-ac1f-0090f5d6b56a</Data>
<Data>1</Data>
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</Event>
I
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If none of the troubleshooting for the display adaptor (graphics card driver update, BadDrivres.txt etc.) do not work, we have to understand that the display could actually not be supported. By display, I mean the card-driver-driver version combination. So,
1. It could be a bad card - None of the available drivers work for the application. Here, ditch the card and get a newer one that works.
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Because of a Video editor, the (lack of) capabilities of the card is highlighted. Video Playback alone doesn't nearly exercise the capabilities the cards usually have to offer. Editing really does. That is why it matters if the Video Editor actually says that it supports Graphics acceleration (Or GPU acceleration) for any of the workflows.
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for Folder Options at the top of the left column of the page. Click on Folder Options text to open to the Folder Option dialog.
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What are the pixel dimensions of the jpgs in your project?
Any chances for any Windows Updates that could have modified your video cards/graphics cards?
More later.
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I've been trying to get adobe premiere elements working on some Lenovo T520 laptops. These are an advanced model laptop so shouldn't have issues with display drivers. When attempting to run Adobe premier elements 12 or 13 I get the error message 'we have detected an incompatible display driver. To get a better and faster performance, please update your display driver'
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Kerry
You wrote
Searched for badddrivers.txt file on C drive and specifically in c:\programdata\adobe\premiereelements
So what did you do after the search? Did you find the BadDrivers.txt file for Premiere Elements 12 and 13 and delete it?
If you have not already, delete the BadDrivers.txt file for version 12 and 13.
Assuming that you are using Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64 bit....
If just have 12 installed...
Local Disk C
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Premiere Elements
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You do not want anything that is in those folders in the Premiere Elements Folder. You just want to delete that lone BadDrivers.txt file which is for Premiere Elements 12 and is found outside the 12.0 Folder there.
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Thank you.
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BadDrivers.txt file
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ATR

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ATR
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Please let us know the outcome.
Thanks.
ATR

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>updated all the relevant windows drivers as per the Windows
Windows Update is NOT always accurate for device drivers
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Several laptop mfgrs. use a dual GPU arrangement, with an embedded Intel chip used to save power, and then an nVidia, or AMD/ATI chip for more intensive computing. Under normal circumstances, the computer will switch between the two, but that is not always the case.
While PrE does not really tax a GPU, like some other programs, it DOES interface critically with the video driver for the GPU. The video driver can be rendered obsolete by such simple things, as an OS update. Most general programs do not need that interfacing with the video driver, and so long as there is a video signal, will function. However, programs like PrE, most extreme games, 3D applications, and CAD programs are different - they need a fully functioning video driver, just to run.
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Glad that you found the fix, and that all is working for you.
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