Christopher Langdown Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Hello. Please can someone explain why when VSTs are fully uninstalled they still appear in the VST list when starting a new project? For example, I originally installed Spitfire Labs and BBC Symphony Orchestra, but then decided they were not suitable for my purposes. I therefore completely uninstalled these VSTs. I even uninstalled Cakewalk and then re-installed it in the hope this would rectify the problem. Does anyone know how to fix this glitch please? I have attached a screenshot so you can see the VSTs that are still listed (I only use Addictive Keys and Garritan CFX). Many thanks, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoo Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Have you rescanned VSTs (either manually or got CbB to do it on startup)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjoens Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Plugin Manager is a separate program so it will retain them until a new scan is done. Scan behavior is adjusted in Preferences > File > VST Settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) What I often do is open plug in manager and Exclude the plug ins I don’t use. Then one day down the road I change my mind it just takes a few seconds to bring it back to life. This might happen when you open an older project you forgot you used it in. Unless an instrument uses a sample library, plugs ins generally don’t take up much storage space. Ones with the libraries I uninstall them in windows settings Apps. That way it removes the library and the .dll from all the folders. Some plug ins might be in more than one folder. Edited January 20 by John Vere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Yes, a full rescan is in order. If the new scan finds them again, it means that the uninstall process left the DLL's in your plug-in folders. Look in C\Program Files\Common Files\VST3 and whatever folder you use for VST2's to see if the zombie plug-ins are still there, and if they are, remove them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott C. Stahl Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I found the answer in the Spitfire forum for BBCSO. I tried the various suggestions and after a bit of trial and error, was able to get it to load. I basically got rid of the BBCSO .vst3 sitting on it's own in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3. There is also a BBCSO folder there as well. I Renamed the folder (getting rid of the .vst3 suffix.) I Then went into that folder and pulled out a BBCSO .vst3 file that is in there. Replaced the earlier vst3 file I had deleted (The one that was sitting on it's own in the common files) with the one I copied. Success! My guess is the various .vst3 filenames in different spots threw Cake off on which one to use. I Also made sure to scan when I got rid of the .vst3 and then scanned again after restoring with the new .vst3 so Cake did not get confused. I might not have had to do all this, but it worked (finally) so I'm temporarily a computer genius! YMMV, But I hope this helps. https://community.spitfireaudio.com/discussion/2737/bbc-symphony-orchestra-v1-7-0-update-vst-plug-in-error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutrageProductions Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 The rest of us figured this out last August, so you're catching up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott C. Stahl Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, OutrageProductions said: The rest of us figured this out last August, so you're catching up... Damn! You mean I'm not a computer genius?!? Still, none of the posts in this particular thread are very old, so I feel it still might be helpful to some. I didn't have to use BBCSO for quite a while so I can't be sure how long it was broken for CW. I had thought it was a recent problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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