Plugin Manager missing from Tools menu in 64-bit Sonar

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2012/09/15 05:07:37 (permalink)

Plugin Manager missing from Tools menu in 64-bit Sonar


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!

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    Re:Plugin Manager missing from Tools menu in 64-bit Sonar 2012/09/15 11:20:17 (permalink)
    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?


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    Re:Plugin Manager missing from Tools menu in 64-bit Sonar 2012/09/15 20:17:35 (permalink)
    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.

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    Re:Plugin Manager missing from Tools menu in 64-bit Sonar 2012/09/16 16:35:44 (permalink)
    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?


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    Re:Plugin Manager missing from Tools menu in 64-bit Sonar 2012/09/17 03:16:53 (permalink)
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    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.

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    Re:Plugin Manager missing from Tools menu in 64-bit Sonar 2012/09/17 08:21:36 (permalink)
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    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.

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    Re:Plugin Manager missing from Tools menu in 64-bit Sonar 2012/09/17 12:32:45 (permalink)
    That would be the path to the 32-bit version, assuming there is a separate 64-bit version.


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