Cannot Change VST Path for Cubase14

The path for VST plugins is in disk C,while I would like to change it to disk D. However, in order to open the settings button left below in “manage VST plugin” section, I have to first click the “VST2” botton, and when I do this, the software crashes.

Is there another way to change the path for VST plugin?

Hi and welcome to the forum,

Make sure, there are only VST2 plug-ins in the given folder. Not the whole C drive or D drive.

If this is the case (and there are no other *.dll files but the VST2 plug-ins) and it’s still crashing, attach the *.dmp file, please.

Win: %userprofile%/Documents/Steinberg/Crash Dumps


I’m sorry, but the file you said doesn’t seem to exist.

Hi,

I’m sorry, we don’t know, where are you located on the screenshot. What is the path of these folders?

Hi, Martin

I guess that it’s this one :

But i’m wondering about the Cubase generation used by @payphone121. Apparently, there is no CrashDumps folder, in this case, in the expected location for a recent Cubase edition.

This is indeed the path

OK. Could you post a screenshot of your Studio > VST plug-in Manager window, showing the VST plugins paths (with the framed in yellow button, at the bottom of it) ?

If not possible (Cubase crashes…), try to do so, relaunching Cubase in safe mode, with the Deactivate all third-party plug-ins option ticked.

My Cubase got to normal by Safemode somehow. By the way, is it possible to change the VST3 path? My disk C will be full sooner or later.

Thanks a lot!

Great ! So now, all is about to find which VST 2.x plug-in is the culprit of the Cubase crashes. I would suggest to start from a new project and add the necessary tracks to test each and every plug-in that could be involved. A tedious work, I know…

Concerning the VST3 plug-ins paths, I don’t think that we can change them, and even if so, I wouldn’t try to do so, as Cubase expect the VST3 plug-ins to be in a precise location (I don’t exactly remember which one…). As long as you have at least 10 Gb available on your C: drive/partition, I believe that you are safe. What you can do, though, is to change the locations of the Steinberg libraries/content, if there are some installed on your C: drive, using the Steinberg Library Manager.

Thanks!