Thanks KPerry...

I'm not sure I need this or what I will do with it, but I fully appreciate your work!

Keni

Thanks Kerry,
 
How about a utility with a simple GUI that accepts user input to complete enough info to create a registry

Well, I've made two minor changes:
 
1 - Renamed Backup/Restore to Save/Load.
2 - Added a Backup option under File menu which exports the relevant VST registry keys in their entirety for absolute safety (not that I don't trust my own code, but I'm paranoid...and it also helps me when I'm coding as I can dump the keys out while I try something else out).
 
Get the latest version here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j6o5h6jztammexw/VST%20Settings%20Manager.zip?dl=0

Brilliant.
I wish Sonar would have a full export/import facility for preferences and any other settings that aren't hardware specific which would write to a single file.

This helps bridge that gap. Many thanks.

What I can't work out how to do (and I'm being lazy, so using Windows applications like reg.exe rather than doing it all manually) is how to export multiple registry keys to a single file: exporting the whole Cakewalk key is easy, but that then includes lots of things, not just "preferences".

The registry export is solved, so the latest version exports a single .reg file containing all the VST keys for all installed versions of SONAR:
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j6o5h6jztammexw/VST%20Settings%20Manager.zip?dl=0
 
Also more sensibly called Export in the menu!

That's great. Thanks.

The latest version is less tested, but I have added an in-line rename facility (seems to work on everything I've thrown at it so far) plus some extra checking to weed out some "dodgy" VST registry settings:
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j6o5h6jztammexw/VST%20Settings%20Manager.zip?dl=0
 
Note that this version doesn't backup and save internal (ie. Pro Channel) plug-ins, although it does displayed them (greyed out) in the VST menu list.  Renaming/editing those for another day...

Last update of the day, just making the inline editing a bit smoother:
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j6o5h6jztammexw/VST%20Settings%20Manager.zip?dl=0
 

@Mudgel ..... does audacity work as linked wave editor for Sonar?