Plug-in Manager questions

caveat - I'm building a new machine, so I'm already grumpy...

I've run into a couple problems with plug-ins.

Friendly names for NI plug-ins disappear, I've disallowed re-scanning working plug-ins, but it appears that each scan resets the friendly names, but only for select plug-ins (NI being the most obvious).

Arranging the folders is also hit-or-miss. The default plug-in layout does not accurately reflect my folder layout. This happens no matter how I set the plugin name format, although setting it to "1" (old format) seems to be the least troublesome.

Some older plug-ins are disappearing, and reappearing in both default and custom layouts - sometimes rescanning brings them back, sometimes it does not, and sometimes just restarting Sonar brings them back.

I did a quick search and none of these seems to be in the known issues list, but I could have missed something.

If it helps this is a brand new installation of Sonar X3e (x64) on a new installation of Windows 8.1.

ASRock Z97 Extreme 4 Motherboard
Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz CPU
Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 32GB DDR3-1600 CL9 Memory
Crucial MX100 256GB SSD (OS & Apps)
Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD (streaming libraries)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB Hard Drive (data)
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive (other libraries & content - from old machine)
LG 24X DVD Burner
Corsair CX600M 600 Watt Modular Power Supply
existing 4U rack-mount case (had to keep something)

So far I've installed (that I can remember, my eyes are pretty crossed about now)
Sonar X3e Producer and all the extras
Steinberg Wavelab 7 (they generously provided a patch for Win8.1)
Sony Sound Forge 9, CD Architect 5.2 (stuff still works)
Finale 2010 (this will be another adventure, probably going to have to upgrade)
NI Komplete 7
B4 II, Pro-52, Spectral Delay & Vokator from Komplete 3
Kontakt 5
gForce Oddity, Imposcar, Minimonsta, & M-tron
Camel Audio Alchemy
Toontrack Superior2
AAS Tasman, Ultra Analog, String Studio
a bunch of stuff from PSP Audioware, Voxengo, db Audioware, and probably a couple others.

I can provide a detailed list if that would help, but in the meantime I am looking for suggestions and recommendations for managing plug-ins.

All answers appreciated!!!!

robert_e_bone
As far as Kontakt dll renaming goes, I always go into the Plugin Manager and pull up the properties of each of the 3 flavors of Kontakt that show up, and in the 'Details' you can see which one has 8, 16, or 64 outputs.  I then rename them as Kontakt - 8 Outs, Kontakt - 16 Outs, and Kontakt - 64 Outs.

FWIW, Noel recommends against using the Plug-in manager for renaming. Instead he suggests using layouts. See http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/2907744

Just read Noel's comments in the other thread - gonna give that a try!

I'm not an expert, but in my experience you can get away with just moving some plug-ins, but others require installation, make registry changes, etc. So I'd hold off until someone who can give a definitive answer can weigh in.