I ran Dave's program on Win7 64/Office 2007 and worked like a charm. Thanks again!

Also got a reply from another person who said it worked OK and suggested adding a column to identify VST3 plugins. Thanks for that, Eurig.
 
Unfortunately, I don't know how to definitively identify a VST3 plugin because I don't have any. Yes, it's usually in the product or file name, but I can't assume that's always the case. So if anybody who's comfortable poking around the registry could have a look and see if there's maybe a registry key that flags VST3s, or check the DLL headers for identifiers, that would help.
 
Looking at the registry, I see a flaw in the program, which is that it assumes the data is under "SONAR Producer". I'm guessing the program fill fail if you're running a different edition. Maybe somebody who's running SONAR Studio could verify where the VST inventory resides for them. I'm guessing it's HKCU\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR Studio\Cakewalk VST\Inventory for 32-bit O/Ss and "Cakewalk VST x64" for 64-bit O/Ss. 
 
Once I know every possible path, I can just have the program check them all so it won't matter which version of SONAR you're running. Currently, it just checks the 32- and 64-bit paths for SONAR Producer. It's a 32-bit program so it'll run under any Windows version.
 
 

bitflipper
Unfortunately, I don't know how to definitively identify a VST3 plugin because I don't have any. 

 
I'm not at my DAW right now but IIRC FabFilter installs VST3 versions, no?

scook
Bits scanner won't see them.

I understood him to say he doesn't know how to find them since he has none.
 
I was pointing out that he owns products that IIRC do allow him to install some that he can learn to "find" in his scanner.
 

scook
By scanner I meant vstscan.exe in SONAR. Bit is using the Cakewalk VST Inventory in the registry for his tool. Installing the plug-ins is not going to get them into the SONAR 8.5 VST Inventory.

Right you are. I forgot he still lives in the stone age (even with a brand new high-fallutin' computer).

Would you like a VST Inventory export?

Maybe somebody who has some VST3s installed could export their Inventory and email it to me? That is, open regedit, navigate to HKCU\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR Producer\Cakewalk VST x64\Inventory and then right-click and select "Export". That will put it into a .reg file that's an email-able text file.
 
EDIT: Yes, Steve. I didn't see your offer before writing the above request. An export of the Inventory key would be helpful.
 

Saw it. See amended post #48.

Thanks, Steve, that was just what I needed. Newer SONAR installations add a new "isVst3" registry value, and the old "isVst" value is now taken to mean VST2 specifically. That piece of information allowed me to modify the code so that it should - in theory - pull out information from VST3 plugins as well. Waiting to hear back from the the two guinea pigs I sent the new build to, as I can't test it myself.

Yeah, I'm going to make a text output option for those who don't have Excel installed on their DAWs. It'll be automatic; I'll just have the program check to see if Excel is present and output text if it isn't. CSV makes sense because you can then easily import it into a database or spreadsheet. A formatted text file is almost as easy to do, then you could open it in Notepad right on your DAW. I didn't want to create a UI for it, but I may have to.
 
Thanks to everybody who tried it out and reported back. Some of those I gave the VST3-compatible version to may notice a bogus "(0)" at the end of the vendor names. I discovered that Win 8 was doing that after I'd emailed those out. It's since been fixed.
 

Thanks Bit
 
The little dude works fine.  I like a spread sheet as the output. Easy to sort, easy to add columns. Too many of the plugs have names that need description.
 
Only weirdness was for melodyne: it was listed twice. First line had "0" for inputs and outputs.
The second line has "2" for both, no version number and no size:
c:/audiocommon/VST3/Celemony/Melodyne/Melodyne.vst3*0   Melodyne 
A bunch do not have versions numbers, and other stuff. I figger they are hiding from your scrutiny. The Reaper plugs show nothing of the internal info.
 
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The idiots at google have decided zip files can contain viruses so nearly all zip files are blocked except some with real viruses: one size almost fits all. Very Smart Fools. Sorta like Congress.
 
 

Waiting as well. Would love to try this out. :)

What about DX plugins? I have a slew of them from Sonar, Sound Forge and Vegas.