In Sonar 8 and other older versions of Sonar  KOntakt plugins were labelled differently and displayed the number of outputs etc.
 
But in SOnar Plat they just named Kontakt and I have no real idea which is which until I try them out.
Is there a way to sort this out, since this happens with Absynth and other NI plugins?
  

double clik on em and rename thm once you know witch is witch (in the plugin name in the plugin manager )
 
or do templates ....i do both ....

The VST name displayed in SONAR X2 and above is controlled by the VSTPlugInNameFormat variable in the Cakewalk.ini. Set the variable to 1 for the old behavior. See here for details about the variable and here on how to change it. Or use a custom plug-in layout.

In Preferences->File->Initialization File add the line:

Or you could use MenuMagic and not loose your changes when you run the VST Scanner
 

Lots of ideas there - thanks guys!

@Steven... will menumagic let you rename pro channel plugins and work on Win 10 X64
 

Elffin
@Steven... will menumagic let you rename pro channel plugins and work on Win 10 X64
 

* VST/DX no problem.  
I believe pure ProChannel plugins are a different animal and are not handled by the VST system. Not 100% sure, I'm at client's at moment and can't check or validate this. 
I'll look more into this when I get back to my office later today.
 
* Windows 10 x64 no issues.
 

+1 for Menu Magic. You can use the setting in preferences to do what you want, but Menu Magic has a lot more features and flexibility. 

Elffin
@Steven... will menumagic let you rename pro channel plugins and work on Win 10 X64
 

 
Re: plug-in name in Prochannel module 
Sonar currently doesn't show plug-in's friendly name in FXbins or in FX Chains.
Post has been made in Features and Ideas - please vote to fix this:
Have option to show plugin's friendly name in FXbin, FX Chain, etc.
raw link:
http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3336733