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Old 12-13-2012, 08:54 PM   #1
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Default Crash!-now licence, extensions, pref's all gone**resolved**

I was tried to open a vst that I had previously removed from my vst folder, when reaper crashed on me. When I open it up now, it asks for an authorisation, and all my sws extensions and prefs are gone. Can I get my shortcuts and prefs back?

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Old 12-14-2012, 11:11 AM   #2
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I was tried to open a vst that I had previously removed from my vst folder, when reaper crashed on me. When I open it up now, it asks for an authorisation, and all my sws extensions and prefs are gone. Can I get my shortcuts and prefs back?
Are the files 'physically' still there?
If yes, I'd suspect Reaper wrote something invalid to its preference file as a result of getting confused by the operator error (trying to open removed item). Try deleting Reaper's preference file and launching it again. It will launch in default state like when you first installed it. Or copy the preference file from your backup (from before the error happened).

TIL you apparently need to 'unregister' plugins in addition to removing them or they still show up in the list in Reaper. Is that right?
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Old 12-14-2012, 11:53 AM   #3
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thanks for the reply....er... where would I find the preference file?
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Old 12-16-2012, 08:48 AM   #4
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thanks for the reply....er... where would I find the preference file?
What OSX versions are you using? Your REAPER resource folder should be in Users/<your account>/Library/Application Support/REAPER.

Tho what you describe is indicating that the crash also damaged your file system/said resource folder. Try renaming it if you can to start from scratch.

Whenever something strangely doesn't work anymore OSX people recommend repairing disk permissions and checking the system for corrupted plist files.


http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10331328-263.html
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Old 12-16-2012, 10:01 PM   #5
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I am on OSX 10.4.11
I renamed the Reaper file in 'Application Support' to Reaper1 and reinstalled 4.31. But it still used the same file. I then went to 'Preferences' folder and deleted com.Cockos.Reaper.plist and relaunched Reaper. Same, but it didn't make a new plist.
I have repaired permissions on all discs as well.
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Old 12-18-2012, 07:21 AM   #6
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deleted all reaper files including plist. Restarted, installed 4.31, installed sws and it's back to normal. Although I have to now go back and re-personalize it.
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Glad you got it working!


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I am on OSX 10.4.11
Please check (the end of) this thread:

http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=68281

In short, there is a known issue on OSX Tiger where REAPER points to a wrong resource path under circumstances (crash on plug-in scan) and causes this "doesn't remember settings" symptom itself. Sorry for the inconvenience. It seems to happen very rarely.
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Old 12-14-2012, 11:58 AM   #8
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reaper_sws.dylib is still there
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Old 12-15-2012, 10:57 PM   #9
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tried 4.22 installation and same prob. Went back to 4.30, re-installed sws and they don't show up in Reaper. Anyone know what file I need to delete that is causing this ?
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