Hi all, new here, but been around SONAR for quite some time.

I absolutely adore some of the VSTs that come with SONAR and I have mounds of old projects I need to update (in FL Studio, mind you; preference over referral in this case) but I can't load them if I can't get SONAR installed. Here's what I'm getting while the "Registering files" section is taking place during installation:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Cakewalk\Shared Utilities\NullProxy.dll

Unable to register the DLL/OCX: RegSvr32 failed with exit code 0xC0000005. (I've gotten exit code 0xFF previously)

Click Retry to try again, Ignore to proceed anyway (not recommended), or Abort to cancel installation.

In the past, I've clicked Ignore just to get everything installed, but none of the VSTs, or any plugins for that matter, were actually installed. Just most of the support files. And I couldn't use SONAR itself because it wasn't registered properly and wouldn't open the application all the way. I'd get a notification dialog saying it wasn't registered properly and the application would close.

I've searched everywhere, but there's only two unsolved threads on the internet that have anything to do with this issue. Somewhere said that installing in 32-bit worked fine, while 64-bit didn't--however, you can see that I've tried installing 32-bit AND 64-bit, and neither one ended any differently.

I had an older machine running a 32-bit version of Windows 7 instead of 64-bit like this machine, and it ran SONAR, installed fine, and loaded all the VSTs correctly. I don't have any clue what's going wrong or where to begin on this computer. Only difference is this machine is 64-bit. All the same updates are in place. Latest everything; Windows Installer 3.1, Win7 SP1, the works.

PLEASE, someone chime in. I've been promising to release some of these tracks soon and I can't seem to get the plugins I require installed. It's make or break now!

Do you have 


'Microsoft Software Certification Toolkit'  

installed?


If so, read this:


http://forum.cakewalk.com...40&mpage=1#2554940

Are you installing in the default locations? 

Are you right clicking and selecting Run As Administrator when starting the installation? 

Do you have Windows7 drivers for your soundcard and other hardware? 

The error you're getting is telling you that you do not have permission to edit the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry hive. You need to run regsvr32.exe as Administrator or log in as Administrator.

I am not running the installer as an administrator. I'll try that. 

I have all latest and all Windows 7 x64 drivers for everything installed. Another driver broke a lot a while back, and I've since had to replace everything.

I am not installing the VSTs to the default directories, because I need them in the root VstPlugins folder already in use by my main DAWs (FL Studio and Ableton Live). Everything else is being installed to default directories. I am running a full installation.

I am already logged in as an administrator, because this is THE administrator account on this computer. I made this account when Windows 7 was installed, making it automatically the administrator account. However, I will try running regsvr32.exe and the SONAR installer as an administrator anyway--seems to act differently than using them inside an administrator account. Lol, Windows.

Still a no-go. Running the installer as an administrator did nothing new. Also, I cannot run regsvr32.exe individually as an administrator, nor can I set it to run as an administrator in the future. Compatibility settings are disabled because the file is part of Windows. And the system denies access to permissions changes. Any code monkeys know some terminal commands I can use?

I am already logged in as an administrator, because this is THE administrator account on this computer.

Even though you are logged on as an administrator, you still have to use Run As Administrator. This is a known Windows quirk that has been discussed in this forum a few times. 

daveny5

I am already logged in as an administrator, because this is THE administrator account on this computer.

This is a known Windows quirk  

Yeah I know, it's a bit ****ed. However, I wasn't able to change permissions using the GUI, so I need to find some way to give SYSTEM, and the Administrators group permission to use regsvr32.exe.

All I know is you insert the DVD, right click and choose "run As Administrator" it's kinda simple. Don't let the software auto run.

I need to find some way to give SYSTEM, and the Administrators group permission to use regsvr32.exe.

No ya don't.... 


Start-Run type CMD and press enter. That will give you a command prompt with admin privileges. Then type in the regsvr32 command and hit enter. Should work.