Welcome to the "simplicity" of installing Waves plugins.

Thanks, TheMaartian!  I will try that.
 
kitekraz1:  yeah, no kidding.   
 
Greg

with the NEW waves Central
 
it IS rocket Science
 
dont feel bad, it is trying, and sometimes the steps are not clear,
 
but basically if you buy third party stuff, its register first, then download/and or activate
 
then scan in plug in manager and add to your vst list
 
my waves central insisted on putting the 64bit  shell in x86 folders and was a fun time in the beginning

Thanks, Ham N Egz!   When I emailed Waves, the guy was irritated that I didn't get it.   But then again, he said they are backed up for a week trying to answer all the emails with people asking for help.   So . . . 
 
Greg

Ham N Egz
 
my waves central insisted on putting the 64bit  shell in x86 folders and was a fun time in the beginning

Where I left them. All 4 shells (32- & 64-bit VST2 & VST3). There are other copies floating around if you run search from the root of your app drive.
 
It was really a mess when I stupidly installed the SoundGrid Studio, just to see what it was. That added 4 more shells (v9.7 IN ADDITION TO the v9.6 ones (face palm)) and some apps for which there was NO uninstall. I had a really fun time getting rid of that mess. And I still don't know what it's good for. Probably nothing, anyway.
 
Lesson learned. Just because you can (install a freebie), doesn't mean you should. 

TheMaartian

Ham N Egz
 
my waves central insisted on putting the 64bit  shell in x86 folders and was a fun time in the beginning

Where I left them. All 4 shells (32- & 64-bit VST2 & VST3). There are other copies floating around if you run search from the root of your app drive.
 
It was really a mess when I stupidly installed the SoundGrid Studio, just to see what it was. That added 4 more shells (v9.7 IN ADDITION TO the v9.6 ones (face palm)) and some apps for which there was NO uninstall. I had a really fun time getting rid of that mess. And I still don't know what it's good for. Probably nothing, anyway.
 
Lesson learned. Just because you can (install a freebie), doesn't mean you should. 

OH BOY that Piece of work , the sound grid studio is causing ALL kinds of issues for me, the soundgridprotocol.sys is causing me a BSOD, trying to use the uninstall routine crashes my PC.. I manually removed anything with the name sound grid and probably still have remnants of it on my system but cant clean them.
 
I feel your pain

I feel your pain .. purchased waves 'on sale', big bundle of the platinum variety.   Doesn't work, don't have the time or patience to wait on their customer service, yet.    Waves Central is very much like Cakewalk Command Center.   sheesh.

Well, I went to waves.com, like The Maartian said, and entered the license and was able to download and activate the stupid plugin.   
 
Thanks, everyone, for your help!  I really appreciate it!
 
Greg

dunno, i found Waves Central very easy and intuitive. may cos all my plugs are in default locations?

greg54
Here is the screen shot of where I found the Waves plugins and where I downloaded them
 
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Now that I've taken a closer look at that image: 1) I've never seen it before (how'd you get there?), and 2) that's a setup for peeps who keep there studio PCs offline (get everything stable and then shut down all automatic (or most or all) updates). What that does is create an installer for an authorized/activated/licensed plugin that you can run on the destination PC.
 
No wonder you and Waves support were sideways.
 
Happy you get things sorted out!