1. You can’t scan for VST because the tab greyed out.
2. You can’t use the VST because if you click on them, there will be an error message
I had this problem when I installed Sonar 8. The ‘scan for VST’ greyed out. And I was insanely stressed out with this problem since I didn’t know how to solve it. Finally, after a long time of searching, I found solutions to this problem:
1. All the greyed out stuff maybe caused by the failure of configuration. To solve this, hold shift while you open Sonar. If this works, a box will appear. Just wait until the box’s gone and Sonar will start eventually. Check the global menu and see if there’s any change on that.
2. Run regedit
Go to this key in the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk VST
Note what the string "VSTScanPath" is set to.
Now go to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR Producer\Cakewalk VST
Note what the string "VSTScanPath" is set to there.
These strings should both point to the proper location of VstScan.exe, typically C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Utilities\VstScan.exe
If either string is incorrect or missing you can fix this problem by adding the appropriate string manually into the registry.
3. The problem is because somehow the Plugin Manager tools menu registration is incorrect or perhaps you ran an older version of the plugin manager.
To fix this, open a dos box, navigate to the new version of plugin manager in the shared utilities folder. Then run plugin manager with the /Register flag as below:
PluginManager /Register
This should reset the tools menu settings to the new values.
The tools menu registration for the plugin manager are here in the registry if you want to check them:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software\Tools Menu\SONAR Plugin Manager
The "CmdArgs" value should be "/ParentWnd$ /VSTInventoryRegKey$" for it to work properly from the tools menu. .
I tried number 1 and it worked. You don’t have to perform all of them since the first solution alone is enough to help you out. I found these solutions at the Cakewalk Forum. The credit doesn’t go to me because I only used the first choice. I can’t answer questions that are related with the second and third solutions.
Ps: don’t worry, this solutions work on Sonar 6, 7, and 8
2. You can’t use the VST because if you click on them, there will be an error message
I had this problem when I installed Sonar 8. The ‘scan for VST’ greyed out. And I was insanely stressed out with this problem since I didn’t know how to solve it. Finally, after a long time of searching, I found solutions to this problem:
1. All the greyed out stuff maybe caused by the failure of configuration. To solve this, hold shift while you open Sonar. If this works, a box will appear. Just wait until the box’s gone and Sonar will start eventually. Check the global menu and see if there’s any change on that.
2. Run regedit
Go to this key in the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk VST
Note what the string "VSTScanPath" is set to.
Now go to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR Producer\Cakewalk VST
Note what the string "VSTScanPath" is set to there.
These strings should both point to the proper location of VstScan.exe, typically C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Utilities\VstScan.exe
If either string is incorrect or missing you can fix this problem by adding the appropriate string manually into the registry.
3. The problem is because somehow the Plugin Manager tools menu registration is incorrect or perhaps you ran an older version of the plugin manager.
To fix this, open a dos box, navigate to the new version of plugin manager in the shared utilities folder. Then run plugin manager with the /Register flag as below:
PluginManager /Register
This should reset the tools menu settings to the new values.
The tools menu registration for the plugin manager are here in the registry if you want to check them:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software\Tools Menu\SONAR Plugin Manager
The "CmdArgs" value should be "/ParentWnd$ /VSTInventoryRegKey$" for it to work properly from the tools menu. .
I tried number 1 and it worked. You don’t have to perform all of them since the first solution alone is enough to help you out. I found these solutions at the Cakewalk Forum. The credit doesn’t go to me because I only used the first choice. I can’t answer questions that are related with the second and third solutions.
Ps: don’t worry, this solutions work on Sonar 6, 7, and 8
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