Plugin Manager Calling Up Wrong Plugins

I remember this problem going all the way back to at least Sonar 8.5 and perhaps earlier. Today it was really bad working in Sonar X3 Producer (Win 7 64Bit).  The Plugin Manager which I have customized to list my favorite plugins keep calling up the wrong instrument plugin. Load the first instance of Poly-Ana and Poly-Ana loads.  Load  another instance of Poly-Ana and BFD Eco loads and all subsequent attempts to load Poly-Ana loads BFD.  Another time it loaded a Cakewalk plugin when trying to load another synth. The only solution is to close Sonar and reload it.
 
I know this is a known bug discussed before but did anyone ever find a solution or workaround for this annoying problem ? Why does this bug still exist in X3 ? This bug should have been fixed in X1 or X2 or X3.....No, I can't update anymore.

Would a full reset and rescan help this kind of thing?
 
Bob Bone
 

I could do a rescan. Like you said it can't hurt. But like I said this has been going on intermittently over the years. Today it was probably the worst I've ever seen it which is what prompted this thread.  I assume Sonar simply calls up a plugin based on it's VST ID number. It seems like it gets "confused" from time to time.  Shut down and restart always fixes it for awhile anyway. I'll re-save my custom Plugin Layout again that couldn't hurt either.  Thanks for the help.........

Teksonik
I could do a rescan. 

Note that reset+rescan is different from just a re-scan, and was required when upgrading to X3.

Anderton

Teksonik
I could do a rescan. 

Note that reset+rescan is different from just a re-scan, and was required when upgrading to X3.

Yes I did both when upgrading to X3.  I did both yesterday but it's hard to tell if it fixed anything in the long term. This bug is intermittent and I have never found a trigger event or precursor. It just seems to start happening out of the blue for no apparent reason. I use 4 DAWS and I've never had any of the other 3 pull up a wrong plugin......

Complete uninstall and reinstall of X3 ? Because of a bug that has existed since at least version 8.5 ? That's like completely rebuilding a car engine just because it needs an oil change. I'm not going through all that trouble just for a bug that although really annoying is not mission critical especially when uninstall/reinstall will have no chance of actually fixing the bug. Closing and restarting Sonar always fixes the problem for awhile at least and that smells exactly like a bug to me. I have just never been able to find a trigger event or precursor to reliably reproduce the bug or I would reported my findings to support. It's appears to be completely random and intermittent but there must be a cause, it's just not apparent yet. 
 
(For the record I am presently or have been in the past a beta tester for quite a few music software developers including a very famous one from the Boston area so bugs are not an unfamiliar experience. )
 
Yes I always use the latest version of Sonar and all the software I use including the 269 plugins I have installed.
 
This bug has nothing to do with the way Sonar was installed or upgraded or scanned or reset, etc etc.(See Kylotan's post)  Like I said the other 3 DAWS I use have never called up a wrong plugin and they were installed in exactly the same manner as Sonar.
 
Thanks for trying to help, I appreciate it a great deal but recommending a complete uninstall and reinstall of Sonar X3 is just unnecessary. If I were a newb and didn't know better that would cost me a lot of work for absolutely no chance of reward.
 
EDIT: Actually after giving it some more thought there is a clue in my first post.  The incorrect plugin was called up when trying to load the second instance of an already loaded plugin. I'll have to keep an eye on that to see if it's a factor going forward.
 
 
 

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FWIW, all of my custom layouts always display exactly as they should, populated with the plugins of my choosing.