KVR Audio

antic604 · Post by **antic604** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 7:18 am

Anyone know of software that can scan specified folder(s) on PC and generate a (text?) file with list of installed VSTs? Last time I was moving to a new computer I just made a screenshot of my folder and that worked pretty fine, but definitely it's not an optimal approach.

Freaqpeak · Post by **Freaqpeak** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:09 am

Just look in your Vstplugins folder? Two folders... Vst2 and Vst3.

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antic604 · Post by **antic604** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:28 am

cnt wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:09 am Just look in your Vstplugins folder? Two folders... Vst2 and Vst3. ..

Well, I'm ahead of you - I keep everything in one folder, with sub-folders for vendors.

BUT, I want to exchange a list of VSTs I have with person I'm about to collaborate with (so that we could avoid bouncing stuff to audio, at least initially), so "looking in my folder" isn't really helpful, is it?

crimsonwarlock · Post by **crimsonwarlock** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:41 am

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/print-all-f ... r-printer/

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:41 am

Search for .dll and print screen?

antic604 · Post by **antic604** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:53 am

crimsonwarlock wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:41 am https://www.raymond.cc/blog/print-all-f ... r-printer/

Mushy Mushy wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:41 am Search for .dll and print screen?

Both good ideas! Thanks

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:23 am

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dir /s *.dll >%USERPROFILE%\documents\dll_files.txt

Distorted Horizon · Post by **Distorted Horizon** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:31 am

CCleaner

Reefius · Post by **Reefius** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:03 am

whyterabbyt wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:23 am
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dir /s *.dll >%USERPROFILE%\documents\dll_files.txt

This. No software needed.

jabe · Post by **jabe** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:05 am

There'll be a ton of .dlls that are nothing to do with plugins. I hope they're easy to differentiate. My laptop has 94,971 .dll files on the C: drive.

Tronam · Post by **Tronam** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:32 am

jabe wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:05 am There'll be a ton of .dlls that are nothing to do with plugins. I hope they're easy to differentiate. My laptop has 94,971 .dll files on the C: drive.

Don't VST plugin files end with a .VST extension? That's how they're named in macOS.

starflakeprj · Post by **starflakeprj** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 7:26 am

whyterabbyt wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:23 am
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dir /s *.dll >%USERPROFILE%\documents\dll_files.txt

Yep, this is the option I always use for these kinds of tasks.

But to get a more clean list, I use "dir /n/b".

Another but. Don't expect this to work on Waves Audio plugins

starflakeprj · Post by **starflakeprj** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 7:28 am

jabe wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:05 am There'll be a ton of .dlls that are nothing to do with plugins. I hope they're easy to differentiate. My laptop has 94,971 .dll files on the C: drive.

On the C: drive, yes, but in most cases you have all your plugins in one folder (or two if you have VST3) with a couple of sub folders.

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 7:36 am

Tronam wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:32 am
jabe wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:05 am There'll be a ton of .dlls that are nothing to do with plugins. I hope they're easy to differentiate. My laptop has 94,971 .dll files on the C: drive.
Don't VST plugin files end with a .VST extension? That's how they're named in macOS.

No, on real computers they’re .dll

Googly Smythe · Post by **Googly Smythe** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 11:46 am

Mushy Mushy wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 7:36 am
Tronam wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:32 am
jabe wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:05 am There'll be a ton of .dlls that are nothing to do with plugins. I hope they're easy to differentiate. My laptop has 94,971 .dll files on the C: drive.
Don't VST plugin files end with a .VST extension? That's how they're named in macOS.
No, on real computers they’re .dll

Don't forget that vst 3.x have a .vst3 extension.

PC software to generate lists of installed VSTs?