HI all,
 
I got tired of VST dll's being all over the place. So I created 3 subdirectories in C:\Programs Files\Common Files and C:\Programs Files (x86)\Common Files. I use the common files location because this is where VST3's are installed.
VST2
VST3
VSTi
All 32-bit go to C:\Programs Files (x86)\Common Files and 64-bit go to C:\Programs Files\Common Files with subfolders. The only thing is you have to maintain it. Like all of you I wish ALL the companies would give us a choice where to install. 
 
This works for all the programs I use including Video Editor's. Make sure in the program you change your scan locations.
 
Brian

I had similar problem with the latest update. I tried everything suggested by waves with no result. The vst scan is always came up with errors.

And 2 hours ago out of desperation I tried offline installation and all of a sudden everything went well. All my waves vst are scaned and detected.

So if all else failed, tried offline installation.

musichoo
I had similar problem with the latest update. I tried everything suggested by waves with no result. The vst scan is always came up with errors.

And 2 hours ago out of desperation I tried offline installation and all of a sudden everything went well. All my waves vst are scaned and detected.

So if all else failed, tried offline installation.

Same exact thing happened to me. I think there are still some issues in the latest Waves update...
 
Dan

musichoo
I had similar problem with the latest update. I tried everything suggested by waves with no result. The vst scan is always came up with errors.

And 2 hours ago out of desperation I tried offline installation and all of a sudden everything went well. All my waves vst are scaned and detected.

So if all else failed, tried offline installation.

THANK YOU!! Only a few of my WAVES vst3s vanished and turned into vst2s, not all for some unknown reason. I did your offline install trick: uninstalled plugins with WAVES Central, then did offline install, THEN did edit > preferences > VST settings > Manual scan with both Rescan failed plug-ins and Rescan existing plug-ins checked. That worked, but JUST offline install did not work, it worked when I did the manual scan with both boxes checked. I'm in the middle of a project when this happened. I think installing the new WAVES Central is what did it, and of course WAVES tech help was no help (We don't support X3!) and still 24 hours into a tech email with Cakewalk and no help, so thank goodness for this forum :)

Cakewalk discontinued support for X3 in Jan 2016.