Sonar Platinum not finding Sonik Synth 2 VST?

I must be doing something really stupid, but I'm reloading Sonar Platinum onto a new computer, along with all my VST's and I've encountered what should be easy to fix, but I can't see to sort it out.. I've reloaded Sonik Synth 2, and everything seems to have installed correctly.. It's a standard VST so I've installed it into - Computer/Programs86/IKMultimedia into a Sonik Synth 2 sub folder and I've pointed Sonar to it using the VST Plug In Manager... and scanned and rescanned but nada.. I've reinstalled Sonik Synth 2, and it doesn't pick it up.. I can see the folder, I can see the Instruments, Preferences, and Preset Folders along with the Sonik Synth 2.DLL file in the folder but nothing.. It doesn't even show up as a failed plug in..
 
Any suggestions?

Press P to go to Preferance, > File>VST settings, make sure rescan failed plug-ins is checked. Another option is to create a different vst folder and install Sonik Synth there. These older 32bit IK synth are notoriously pain in the neck to work with in 64bit sonar. I am sure you will not be the last person to complain about 32bit legacy IK plugins.
 
I have basically given up on 32bit plugins since X3 days. I had acquired all 5 of IK32bit plugin synths in a group sale and then upgraded to ST3. St3 is 64bit only but it will import and play back all of these older library including Sonik Synth and ST2.
If you have some cash to spare you might consider getting ST3 or the cheaper ST3 SE.
 

I can't see any failed plug ins and I think I've tried ticking the rescan failed plugins, but I'll give this another try. Thanks!

Will try that thanks!

ccmacdon
Fixed.. sort of... by starting Sonar as administrator I was able to find Sonik Synth 2, set it up and authorize it.. however, I can only seem to get Sonik Synth 2 to run when I have loaded Sonar as administrator... if I don't load as admin I get a VST load error.  Is this normal

Yes, the old IK plug-ins were designed using a different version of Windows, in this case I believe it was XP. Since then, the Windows security model changed. As a result, the old IK plug-ins need access to a part of the registry which requires administrator rights. If you can locate the Sonik Synth 2 registry keys, it may be possible to change their permissions to allow SONAR to run without elevated privileges otherwise the host must run as administrator.

It may be mentioned in another thread on this forum. I don't have any IK synths so have not dealt with it myself. IK support should be able to identify the registry keys which need to be altered.

Running SONAR as administrator is not the worst thing ever.
 
It is unfortunate that IK choose not to update their software when the security model changed. I believe the change affecting this plug-in occurred during Vista. In addition to the registry issue there is the 32bit problem. The plug-in will never have a 64bit version or ever be updated again. It will always require additional software to work properly in a 64bit host. The best solution for 32bit plug-ins in a 64bit environment is retirement. If older projects containing 32bit plug-ins must be revisited, keep a 32bit host configured for the task.

I have Sampletank3 installed, and perhaps that is the way to proceed.. I'll look into importing these legacy sounds.. there are only a couple that are really important to me.   Thanks. Craig