I have been experimenting with 64-bit Windows 7 on a separate partition on my DAW PC.  After verifying that 32-bit Sonar 7PE works ok on this platform, I tried installing the 64-bit version.  I omitted all the plugins when installing 64-bit Sonar, as they are already present from the 32-bit installation.  Next I went to launch Plugin Manager, but found it to be missing from the menu options.  Bizarre!

Question: is there a separate 64-bit version of Plugin Manager, or can the 32-bit version be invoked from 64-bit SONAR? Look in the Shared Utilities folder; the 32-bit version is called PluginManager.exe. Do you have an executable called something like PluginManagerx64.exe?

bitflipper

 Question: is there a separate 64-bit version of Plugin Manager...Look in the Shared Utilities folder; the 32-bit version is called PluginManager.exe. Do you have an executable called something like PluginManagerx64.exe?

Yes.  It has the same filename, i.e. PluginManager.exe, but a larger filesize and an earlier timestamp.

So the 32- and 64-bit versions of PluginManager.exe have the same filename, just installed into different folders? I'm asking because I don't have 64-bit SONAR installed here.

Next question would be where the menu information is stored in the registry. I'm guessing if there is a separate 64-bit plugin manager the tools menu isn't in the same place as for the 32-bit version, where the path is HKLM\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\Tools Menu. Is there an entry there for the plugin manager?

bitflipper

Next question would be where the menu information is stored in the registry. I'm guessing if there is a separate 64-bit plugin manager the tools menu isn't in the same place as for the 32-bit version, where the path is HKLM\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\Tools Menu. Is there an entry there for the plugin manager?

I won't get the opportunity to check this today.  Hopefully tomorrow.
 
By the way I reinstalled 64-bit Sonar, this time including the effects (but excluding softsynths).  Plugin Manager was still missing from the menu.  After adding all the VST filepaths and re-scanning the plugins (via Global Properties rather than Plugin Manager), all softsynths seem to be available to insert via the Synth Rack.

bitflipper

Next question would be where the menu information is stored in the registry. I'm guessing if there is a separate 64-bit plugin manager the tools menu isn't in the same place as for the 32-bit version, where the path is HKLM\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\Tools Menu. Is there an entry there for the plugin manager?

Under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Cakewalk Music Software\Tools Menu\Plugin Manager
there is a string
ExePath
with value
C:\Program Files (x86)\Cakewalk\Shared Utilities\PluginManager.exe

There are similar entries under HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS too.  There are no entries anywhere with the filepath for the 64-bit version.  Nor are there any more occurrences of "Tools Menu" that are not associated with the 32-bit version.

That would be the path to the 32-bit version, assuming there is a separate 64-bit version.