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Just for starters, I'm a veteran CW user from early days and have recently switch to CBB, which been happily using until this morning.

As of this morning, I no longer see any synths or plugins in the pop-up menu. I've run the VST scan multiple times, tried resetting and rerunning the scan, but no luck. None of my existing projects find any plugins at all now. Anyone have a suggestion?

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Many thanks.

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Thank you both for the quick replies. Only the DXi plugs are found when I select sort by type, manufacturer, etc., which I never use.

The VST scan finds all of the VSTs (2 and 3) according to the VST scan log.

When I open an existing project, it no longer sees any of the VSTs, reports them as missing.

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4 minutes ago, billp said:

Only the DXi plugs are found when I select sort by type, manufacturer, etc., which I never use.

This is useful.

4 minutes ago, billp said:

The VST scan finds all of the VSTs (2 and 3) according to the VST scan log.

Was the scan log a result of a VST reset? If not, run a VST reset from Preferences with "Generate Scan Log" enabled.

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The "Sort by" layouts are built on the fly from the registry. CbB does build temporary layouts for the "Sort by" layouts. They are stored in the plug-in layout folder. The default location is %appdata%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core\Plug-in Menu Layouts. The path is specified in Preferences > File > Folder Locations.

After the reset did the message appear saying it created a log? If so, make sure you are looking at the current scan log. Does it indicate it ran to completion?

What paths are in the scan path?

What version of CbB are your using?

What version of the VST scanner? The default path to the Vstscan.exe is C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Utilities

 

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Yes it runs to completion. I've scanned the log. Aside from a few plugs that are old and fail, most 90+ are successful. Here's a typical result for one plug. Others look similar:

LogFile: C:\Users\Bill Pearson\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Logs\VstScanSandbox.log
Saturday, 13 Jun 2020, 09:50:03 
Opened Log File -----------------------------
Command line: /VSTRegPerUser/VSTRegKey:"Software\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Cakewalk VST X64"/Background/SONARHWND:9376626/ScanVst:"c:\program files\native instruments\kontakt 4\vstplugins 64 bit\Kontakt 4.dll"/ToastGuid:{475EDB57-E691-4165-AD5F-01461C97798E}
Flag: VSTRegPerUser
Flag: VSTRegKey:"Software\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Cakewalk VST X64"
Flag: Background
Flag: SONARHWND:9376626
Flag: ScanVst:"c:\program files\native instruments\kontakt 4\vstplugins 64 bit\Kontakt 4.dll"
VST to scan - c:\program files\native instruments\kontakt 4\vstplugins 64 bit\Kontakt 4.dll
Flag: ToastGuid:{475EDB57-E691-4165-AD5F-01461C97798E}
VSTSCAN: ******* Analyzing VST plugins...
VSTSCAN: ---- 1: c:\program files\native instruments\kontakt 4\vstplugins 64 bit\Kontakt 4.dll ----
VSTSCAN: [ShortPath] c:\PROGRA~1\NATIVE~1\KONTAK~1\VSTPLU~2\KONTAK~3.DLL
VSTSCAN: [RegKey] Software\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Cakewalk VST X64\Inventory\c:/program files/native instruments/kontakt 4/vstplugins 64 bit/Kontakt 4.dll
VSTSCAN: ---- Loading VST plugin c:\program files\native instruments\kontakt 4\vstplugins 64 bit\Kontakt 4.dll ----
VSTSCAN: DLL loaded successfully...
VSTSCAN: Successfully got entry point. DLL is a VST plugin...
VSTSCAN: Calling entry point...
VSTSCAN: Created plugin instance...
VSTSCAN: > dispatcher( effVendorSpecific=50(effVendorSpecific), 1130457957, 000000007FFF0003, 0000000000146DBC, 0.000000 )
VSTSCAN: < dispatcher = 0000000000000000
VSTSCAN: > dispatcher( effGetPlugCategory=35(effGetPlugCategory), 0, 0000000000000000, 0000000000000000, 0.000000 )
VSTSCAN: < dispatcher = 0000000000000002
VSTSCAN: Checking Plugin properties...
VSTSCAN: > dispatcher( effOpen=0(effOpen), 0, 0000000000000000, 0000000000000000, 0.000000 )
VSTSCAN: < dispatcher = 0000000000000000
VSTSCAN: > dispatcher( effGetProgram=3(effGetProgram), 0, 0000000000000000, 0000000000000000, 0.000000 )
VSTSCAN: < dispatcher = 0000000000000000
VSTSCAN: > dispatcher( effCanDo=51(effCanDo), 0, 0000000000000000, 00000001400484A0, 0.000000 )
VSTSCAN: < dispatcher = FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
VSTSCAN: > dispatcher( effGetPlugCategory=35(effGetPlugCategory), 0, 0000000000000000, 0000000000000000, 0.000000 )
VSTSCAN: < dispatcher = 0000000000000002
VSTSCAN: > dispatcher( effSetSampleRate=10(effSetSampleRate), 0, 0000000000000000, 0000000000000000, 44100.000000 )
VSTSCAN: < dispatcher = 0000000000000000
VSTSCAN: > dispatcher( effSetBlockSize=11(effSetBlockSize), 0, 0000000000000200, 0000000000000000, 0.000000 )
VSTSCAN: < dispatcher = 0000000000000000
VSTSCAN: > dispatcher( effCanDo=51(effCanDo), 0, 0000000000000000, 0000000140045538, 0.000000 )
VSTSCAN: < dispatcher = 0000000000000001
VSTSCAN: > dispatcher( effGetVendorString=47(effGetVendorString), 0, 0000000000000000, 00000000001494D0, 0.000000 )
VSTSCAN: < dispatcher = 0000000000000001
VSTSCAN: > dispatcher( effGetEffectName=45(effGetEffectName), 0, 0000000000000000, 00000000001498D0, 0.000000 )
VSTSCAN: < dispatcher = 0000000000000001
VSTSCAN: > dispatcher( effGetProductString=48(effGetProductString), 0, 0000000000000000, 00000000001490D0, 0.000000 )
VSTSCAN: < dispatcher = 0000000000000001
VSTSCAN: > dispatcher( effCanDo=51(effCanDo), 0, 0000000000000000, 0000000140045508, 0.000000 )
VSTSCAN: < dispatcher = 0000000000000001
VSTSCAN: > dispatcher( effVendorSpecific=50(effVendorSpecific), 1936999233, 0000000046554944, 0000000000148FB0, 0.000000 )
VSTSCAN: < dispatcher = 0000000000000000
VSTSCAN: > dispatcher( effClose=1(effClose), 0, 0000000000000000, 0000000000000000, 0.000000 )
VSTSCAN: < dispatcher = 0000000000000001
VSTSCAN: Finished checking plugin properties...
VSTSCAN: Unloading VST dll...
VSTSCAN: VST plugin successfully scanned
VSTSCAN: WRITE VST DATA...
VSTSCAN: WRITE VST DATA - successfully wrote complete VST plugin inventory record...
VSTSCAN: Finished analyzing VST plugins - 1 of 1 VST plugins were scanned in this run
Closing log file
Saturday, 13 Jun 2020, 09:50:03 

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One more thing:

There is a file called Library.db in the AppData folder (AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Library) that looks like a SQLite database. A quick scan with a hex editor shows entries for VSTs among other things. Could this file have been corrupted somehow? If so, can it be recreated or refreshed?

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It can get corrupted but usually the program will say so.

Library.db is a SQLite database and holds the category info

Removing/renaming the database causes the program to create a new database with the default categories in it.

Does the main VstScan.log indicate the scan ran to completion?

 

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scook:

The menu (pgl) files are present and look like they contain all of the plugins.

Yes there are both log files showing substantially the same results. No errors other than the expected failing plugs. No indication that the scan failed or terminated unsuccessfully.

I'm using build 2020 05 build 039 64-bit.

VST Scanner 6.0.3.0

Scanner paths below. The partially visible one is "c:\program files\native instruments\vstplugins 64 bit"

ScannerPaths1.JPG.c1e62cc3986c2111290f36229ae2bb7c.JPG

 

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Also, given that all plugins for existing projects are not found when i try to open a project, i think this is beyond a menu problem and so i'm suspecting the Library.db may be corrupt since it looks like there are registry CLSIDs in it. I did restart windows just because...no change.

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No compression on any of my drives.

Just browsed through the library.db file with SQLite browser and file opens, looks like plugins and other resources are defined. No error in opening the db, so it's probably not corrupted. So maybe there is some other connection between the plugins and the library.db and CBB that has been corrupted.

Also, Kontakt and a couple of other plugs work as stand-alones.

I run as Admin and UAC is disabled.

I get the typical error when things are not registered. Here's a simple sample project:

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