Cannot remove VST from the Registry

[tunesmithers]

I recently had an issue where a number of my Waves plugins were not loading.  I would get a message that it was calling an outdated (i.e. version 11 vs. version 15 of Waves Mercury Bundle) WaveShell VST3 and it couldn't load.  The weird part is that most  (85%) of the Waves plugins work fine.  It just a handful that don't work.  I have tried reinstalling but it is not working.

So, I uninstalled ALL Waves plugins to do a refresh.  After uninstalling ALL Waves plugins, when I ran the Plugin manager scan (rescanned all) all of the ones that worked were now gone (expected), but all of the ones that don't work are still listed.

So, from the Cakewalk Plugin Manager (CPM), I then tried to "Exclude Plugin" on one of the Waves plugins that is still there (and was one that didn't work) and I get a message that says:

" The plugin.... has a registry entry pointing to  [outdated waveshell vst3] but the file does not exist on your computer.  The plugin my have been improperly uninstalled or deleted from your hard drive.  Do you wish to remove this plugin from the registry?"

I click "Yes" but the it does NOT remove it. It remains in the CPM Registered Plugin window. 

 

Is there any way to get to the Registered Plugin Registry and manually remove it so it isn't in that list?

[Promidi]

Maybe try a reset then scan.

[tunesmithers]

Yes!  The reset was the trick.  Thanks!