Dave -
 
107 worked perfectly on Studio! Thanks for sharing this and for updating it for Studio!
 
- Dave

bitflipper
I have uploaded my VST inventory tool to dropbox, so anyone who's interested can grab it here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0zmzbgxhbjyvbfc/VSTInventory105.zip?dl=0
 
There is no installation or setup required, just unzip the exe and run it. You do, however, have to have Excel installed on your machine. I plan to make a text-out version when I have time, so that Excel will not be a mandatory prerequisite.
 
It's a 32-bit application so it should run on any version of Windows. I've run it on XP 32, Win 7 32 and Win 8.1 64. Others have successfully tested it on Win 7 64. It should be compatible with Vista.
 
No guarantees that it won't blow up on ya (not much error handling or bullet-proofing in there yet), but it can't do any harm if it does. Worst-case failure mode would be dying while creating the spreadsheet, in which case you could have an orphaned instance of excel.exe floating in application purgatory. If that happens, just go to Task Manager and kill any instances of excel.exe you see listed there.
 
Known limitations:

• Excel is required
• Works only with SONAR Producer Edition (32- or 64-bit)

 
Both of these shortcomings will be addressed the first day in January that I don't have a zillion other things to do, or if I'm killing time in some airport departure lounge.
 
Let me know if there's any additional information you'd like to see added to the spreadsheet (e.g. file datestamps, DLL header fields such as modified-date, language or copyright notices, CLSIDs, whether it's a SynthEdit creation).
 
Also let me know if you see any blank fields such as missing vendor names or file versions. There are DLLs in the registry that aren't VSTs, such as runtime libraries for plugins (e.g. iZone4.dll) that the program has to remove from the report, and I only know about the ones I happen to have.
 
Next up: revisit my project scanner program that I'd put on hold because it was just too damn slow. That one lists all your projects and enumerates which plugins were used in each. But it's a chore pulling that information out because the SONAR project file format has never been documented, necessitating a brute-force text search.

Thanks bitflipper...

I just got turned onto this thread and your program...

I really like the other idea you're working on to list the plugins of a project... That would be very helpful as well...

Keni

When I took the Braintree survey I made a suggestion that CCC be given the ability to scan any DAW for all plugins and make a global list that will show up as a list in CCC, perhaps in a subfolder sort of way. I tend to forget things I got with S2 S7 or some third party plug that I haven't used much, if as all. Also when learning I had a bad tendency to allow programs to install here, there, and everywhere... so on my laptop I have a long list of folders to scan and I'm still not sure I have everything but I think I do.
I think CCC could be used for more than downloading and updating. It should list everything that is listed in My Account and the aforementioned ability to make a list from another DAW and keep in globally would be a huge help when setting up a new DAW. I have a handwritten list in the other room next to a Studiocat. It is workable but a PITA that makes me a little bit uneasy.
OK, now I will read the thread.. LOL. Good luck!
Maybe, if you take the Braintree survey.. suggest that they expand the abilities of CCC to more than just downloading and updating. Ideally, Cakewalk would work with third parties like IK, BFD, and others to get them to make a way for third party plugins to be able to be reinstalled or updated using CCC, at the very least the ability for CCC to show that "such and such" plugin has an update. Maybe an extra tab on CCC. Why not?

Here's the current download link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ulmt0wg458485lx/VSTInventory107.zip?dl=0
 
 

This is fantastic! Appreciate the effort to put this program/capability together. Thanks Bit...
Rob

bitflipper
Here's the current download link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ulmt0wg458485lx/VSTInventory107.zip?dl=0
 
 

Yep, it works great! Thanks Bit.

Ok did some more checking, it looks like VST Inventory is pulling the list from
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR Producer\Cakewalk VST X64
 
But Sonar Platinum's list appears to be in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR\Cakewalk VST X64
 
So it's showing me my X3 plugins, which I haven't started/updated in a while.
 

FastBikerBoy
30? 29? 28? 27????
 
Don't you all know 42 is the answer to everything. 

Spinal Tap uses 11 plug-ins. Soooo much better than when they used 10.

southpaw3473
Not into writing down, like, 275 plugin names. Thanks!

Pffft 275. Childs play.

Thanks for the program. 
 
I ran the program and it lists 126 VST's.    When I start Sonar it shows 155 plug-ins???

If you want you can get similar result from Sonar Utils by KPerry. See my Onedrive link in my signature to Onedrive/Sonar Utilities folder.

When bitflipper updates his Plugin Inventory program it will go back there too.

If Sonar scans a plugin then it is loaded into the registry inventory. If the location of the plugin is not in Sonar's scan path then Sonar won't know about it nor will it be in the registry

sylent

fireberd
I figured out why Sonar reports a different number of plugins. 
There are several in their own folders that the report does not access. e.g Lexicon LXP Native Reverbs.
 
 

I may be wrong without looking myself, but maybe part of the difference is in the ProChannel modules also.
They aren't actually VSTs outside of sonar so the utility may not recognize them like Sonar does ... without looking lol.
 
Also, you may need to add those additional paths to Sonar to get them to scan properly.
Certain plugins might register through a third-party and work that way, but not register directly in Sonar as expected.

The ProChannel modules are listed as VST plugins in the registry's VST Inventory.

Is there any chance you might add a CSV file option to the output? I use LibreOffice, so it'd be nice to be able to import the list into the Calc module (the direct creation of a Calc spreadsheet being the ideal, but beggars can't be choosers). Thanks!

bitflipper
I have a version here that can create a CSV. Send me a PM with your email address and I'll send it to you to try out. I never published it because it was never adequately tested. You can be my guinea pig.

Gladly! It's been a while since I beta-tested anything. Happy to get back in the groove.
 

bitflipper
This version does not quote strings. Let me know if your spreadsheet import requires strings to be quoted.

From what I can tell at LibreOffice's wiki, quotes are an option. It should work without the quotes.