After a clean reinstall of Sonar X1 producer, my Sonar FX is gone... any thoughts on how to get it back?

have you tried manually running the plug in scanner ?

Just tried that, Chuck -- no good. All the effects show in the Registered Plug ins list on the Plug in manager, though.

Hi. Have you tried to do a vst reset, followed by a re-scan?
All the best.

Is the plug-in layout set to "Default - All Plug-ins?"
This setting is at the top of every plug-in menu and the menu in the Browser Plugins tab.

Ken, I'll try that. I'm a little hesitant because I messed everything up before trying to add a third party party plug in, which necessitated the clean reinstall.
 
scook, yes -- it is set to default all plug ins.
 

Hey Ken -- that didn't help. Now I don't see the Sonar FX on the list at all. I wonder now if maybe I misread the Sonitus for Sonar.
 
I don't understand how the Sonar FX could just disappear. It was present when I first installed X1 years ago, and I've been using it on our CD's ever since. Now it's gone...?
 

Since plug-ins are missing from the registry after the reset, either the plug-ins are actually missing from the PC or the vst scanner is failing. The vst scanner can fail if the plug-in paths in Preferences > File > VST Settings are bad. The paths may not contain the plug-ins or the scanner could be scanning folders it should not be scanning for example "Shared Plugins." Or there are duplicate paths such as any folder under "C:\Program Files\VSTplugins" if "C:\Program Files\VSTplugins" is already in the scan path. 

scook, thanks but I'm afraid this is over my head. I don't see why what was there before should disappear with a fresh clean install. I mean the stuff is on the disk, isn't it? So why isn't it on the PC I wonder. Oh well -- thanks anyway.

A vst reset clears the registry and rescans the paths defined in Preferences > File > VST Settings
Are the plug-ins actually in those paths? Are you using the default scan path entries?