Whenever blanket general "solution" or at least "try this first" thing exists for a known issue, I'm always amazed the program doesn't incorporate this as a routine process in the first place.
I applaud your zeal, Alex, and there is value in your troubleshooting steps. It can just come off as condescending when you make those recommendations repeatedly to experienced members.

#9.

He threatens to leave - but never really does...

#53.

I don't understand either of those post references.

You were talking about condescending. Let's throw in #28 and #31 as well... Nevermind.

In an effort to keep this thread on track:
 
Conley - you may have to contact Waves after all. I'm making some progress with DMG (well, he's making progress). We have a few problems besides the "saving settings" one - and it's not fully solved yet - but it looks like there are some things that the plugin is expecting to see from the host, and it isn't.
 
I don't know what's changed, and I'm sure there are different ways of approaching this - and I'm sure Cakewalk can't possibly know how everyone will approach it. The point is - it looks like it can be fixed by the developers (which is good for me, because Cakewalk has yet to even reply to me).
 
So either the Waves guys have to change the way they're looking for things from the host (SONAR) or SONAR has to change the way it's presenting data to the plugins. I have a funny feeling when they *both* change - they're working at cross purposes.
 
I'll report when we have a full resolution - and will see if there is anything we can share, that will help other plugins (I don't really know how these things tie together).
 
Alex, please stay away OK? You've made your contribution here - can you leave us to get on with it?

> Alex, please stay away OK? You've made your contribution here - can you leave us to get on with it?
 
John, from your third post every single post made in this thread has been a direct attack or a reference on me, really nothing to do with this thread. Please stop it, please stop referencing me, and allow me to contribute where I see fit without having to look over my shoulder every time I post. You are not the forums police, I notice you already made the separation between "Us" and "Alex" from the getgo, something the OP has clearly avoided. It is no wonder this thread has gone off track, and I notice you've just come up with what I suggested ages ago, something you didn't bother responding to as you seemed more concerned with bashing me, my opinions and my advice (which ironically it turns out is what you are now giving) rather than trying to resolve this issue. Thankyou (and thanks to the OP).

Sorry for contributing to the thread going off track. FWIW, Alex, I was just offering it as an opinion on why people might react to you the way they do sometimes, in case you want to do something with it. No judgment on either side.

EDIT: I just tested the Waves thing and it seems fine for me.

Alex - let's call a truce. Life is way to short for battles on the Cakewalk forum. You're right - I *have* been picking on you - I tried to resist, but I just saw one "reset and rescan" too many! 
You're right - I'm not the forum police - so please contribute as you see fit (the signal to noise ratio here is kind of low - but whatever...) without any more wise-cracks from me OK?
 
I would just suggest that after a thread gets beyone the basic "try A and then B" stage - it's better to leave it to people actually experiencing the issues involved in the conversation.
 
The only reason I'm here (now that we're going to be at peace) is that I'm trying to gain information from my current problem that could be of use with the Waves problem that was being mentioned here. I've known Conley (well, online anyway) for a LONG time - way back to the cakewalk.audio newsgroups. He's a good guy - so let's both keep the thread on track OK? We can PM if we need to work out any details for our "peace plan" OK?
 
I won't say anything else unless it's directly related to the Waves problem.
 
Can I just ask one thing - in the spirit of good humour? Can we at least keep the running "reset and rescan" joke going? I noticed you even did it yourself in another thread
 
Seriously - peace!