Endres Cellarius

The thread is a bit older, but I want to give a feedback using my own experiences. Recently I bought a new computer. Since I use it for various purposes - work and hobby - I wanted to keep things as separated as possible. So I installed Cakewalk to the second internal SSD and not to the system drive. Interesting: all works as intended. If I want to use the SI-Instrument-Suite Cakewalk (or any other DAW) has to be started as an explicit admin (right click > start as administrator) even if I work as an user with admin rights. If I do so all my installed DAWs (Ableton live intro, Reaper and Cakewalk) work together with SI-Instruments. If I start as usual the SI-Instruments demand an registration or a start as admin and refuse the sound output. If you can live without the SI-Instrument-Suite - which by the way is installed to the C:\Program Files-Folder without any option (what I personally do not like at all) - you can use any path you like to install Cakewalk by Bandlab. Keep in mind, that the partition you choose should be locally registered and not on an external drive. The other folders will be installed on the same drive as CbB. If you changed the standard VST-Folder within the registry, the VST-Plugins will be installed there automatically. To try it out you have to deinstall Cakewalk by Bandlab (and all extensions if you want them to another drive). Then You have to clean the registry from all Cakewalk associated entries. (Be carefull - do that better only if you know what you do.) There are several ways to deinstall windows software - chose the one you like or use the following "How to ..." given to me by the support team (I could not descibe it better): --- Start of the "how to ..." --- To completely remove Cakewalk by BandLab from your computer and reinstall it, follow the steps below. _Please note that this will remove any effects presets and key bindings you may have made in Cakewalk by BandLab. You can back these up separately if you like, using Utilities menu > Cakewalk Plug-in Manager, Edit > Preferences > Customization – Keyboard Shortcuts and Edit > Preferences > Customization – Colors._ 1) **Uninstall Cakewalk by BandLab**. This is normally done within the BandLab Assistant app. Go to BandLab Assistant > Apps > Cakewalk by BandLab, click on the arrow on the right side of the tab and select **Uninstall**. This will not remove any of your plug-ins, project files or audio data. 2) After the uninstallation completes, open the **Run Prompt**. In Windows 7, 8, 10, and 11, open the Run Prompt by holding down the “Windows” key and pressing “R” on the keyboard. 3) At the Prompt, type **regedit** and click **[OK]**. 4) **Click [Yes]** if asked to allow the program to make changes to your computer. **Important**_**:** When you access the Registry Editor,_ **create a backup** _by going to File > Export. In the Export Registry File window that comes up, make sure “Export range” is set to “All” and that “Save as type” is set to “Registration Files (*.reg)”. It is very important to create a backup of your registry because if you accidentally delete a registry key there is no undo function. You can, however, double-click on the Registry backup you made above to re-import your registry keys if you make any mistakes. You must re-import your backup (if needed) before restarting your computer._ 5) **Delete the following Registry keys**: If you do not have one of the Registry keys below, simply proceed to the next one on the list. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\ Core HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\ Core HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\ Core 6) Open the **Run Prompt** again. 7) Copy and paste **%appdata%\Cakewalk** into the prompt and click **[OK]**. On Windows 7, 8, 10, and 11, the “AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk” folder will open. 8) Right-click on the **Cakewalk Core** folder and choose “Delete.” 9) **Delete the contents** of the following directory: C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core 10) At this point, follow the **link** below to install the latest version of Cakewalk by BandLab: https://downloads.bandlab.com/cakewalk/setup/CakewalkSetup.exe?d=20220627 --- End of the "How to ..." --- I hope this helps anybody who suffers install problems - or like me a configuration problem wich prevented CbB from starting - or asks if it is possible to install CbB to another than the system drive. In summary: Yes, it is.