It appears that it is scanning the whole computer, but there are no scan paths assigned. So im not sure how to fix that. Ill try removing everything cakewalk manually as well. Try again.
Update: The installer will not allow me to choose a vst file path, i think that is probably the problem with the software. Im on windows 11, running an amd cpu. Fast computer, pretty new. The default is the entire computer. LOL @reginaldStjohn @Noel Borthwick