Not seeing a .dll....Any ideas?

[henge]

I've tried everything I can think of. Re scannned the plugs, moved the .dll in and out of foldres etc.
Has anybody ever had a .dll the Reaper just can't see?
The .dll in question is the new Decaptator demo.
Suggestions??

[bluzkat]

henge,

It's been awhile since this has happened... I've had Reaper 'see' the .dll, but it wasn't 'named' what I was expecting so I didn't see it listed until I went through all the plugs and found the strangely named plug.

[Fabian]

Originally Posted by henge

Has anybody ever had a .dll the Reaper just can't see?

Several... typically happens with plugs that need to install to set up stuff, folders with presets, registry settings, what-nots, and that I extract and drop into my plug folder... If they cannot initialize when Reaper calls them, the really bad ones crash, the bad ones simply do not register with Reaper and so does not show up.

Suggestions...
Run the installer (again).
Check it's not a x64 dll.

EDIT: And, yeah, what bluzkat says... sometimes the plugs show up with very different names than what you'd expect...

[henge]

Thanks guys.Yeah, I've re installed acouple of times already. The plugs are ilok registered, maybe the licenses are wierd. I'll try the suggestions. Any more ideas , just in case?

[Mercado_Negro]

Soundtoys' Decapitator? It's iLok protected. If Reaper doesn't recognize it it's because the authorization was not completed. When you finish your authorization just re-scan and Reaper will detect it.

[henge]

Originally Posted by Mercado_Negro

Soundtoys' Decapitator? It's iLok protected. If Reaper doesn't recognize it it's because the authorization was not completed. When you finish your authorization just re-scan and Reaper will detect it.

Thanks Mercado, I'll check to see if the authorizations are correct. They seemed to install ok!

[henge]

Well all my authorizations on my ilok are active and viewable, including the Decapitator license.
Can't find any weirdnames in the plug in list. Reinstalled a couple of times. Man, I really want to check this thing out!! DRAG.

[Sheppola]

Did you try renaming it?

[henge]

Originally Posted by Sheppola

Did you try renaming it?

You mean rename the .dll?

[Sheppola]

Originally Posted by henge

You mean rename the .dll?

Not the extension,just the name.

[mtthw]

Just verifying if you cleared the vst cache and rescanned the vst's. That usually is what is necessary in this type of situation IME

[henge]

Originally Posted by mtthw

Just verifying if you cleared the vst cache and rescanned the vst's. That usually is what is necessary in this type of situation IME

BINGO!! That did it Mttw. Thanks to everybody for the great suggestions. Truly a great forum!