# Possible to have 2 copies of a plugin in different folders?

**URL:** <https://forums.steinberg.net/t/possible-to-have-2-copies-of-a-plugin-in-different-folders/636252>\
**Category:** Cubase\
**Tags:** cubase-older-version\
**Created:** [January 30, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/possible-to-have-2-copies-of-a-plugin-in-different-folders/636252 "2014-01-30T23:02:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scramble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@Scramble](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Scramble)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/possible-to-have-2-copies-of-a-plugin-in-different-folders/636252/1 "2014-01-30T23:02:49Z")

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Is it possible to put two copies of a VST plugin .dll file in different folders in Cubase? What I’d like is to be able to access, for example, an EQ plugin via the folder I use for that plugin company, but also via the general EQ folder.

I could, of course, just try this for myself, but I’m wary of causing some disaster, so was wondering if anyone has else has already tried this.

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**Author:** ![clar0scur0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@clar0scur0](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/clar0scur0)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/possible-to-have-2-copies-of-a-plugin-in-different-folders/636252/2 "2014-01-31T10:46:32Z")

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Hi Scramble,

Unfortunately that’s not possible at them moment.

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**Author:** ![Boatman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Boatman](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Boatman)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/possible-to-have-2-copies-of-a-plugin-in-different-folders/636252/3 "2014-01-31T12:15:53Z")

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I used to get around this problem by renaming the dlls. Instead of two copies of “Synth.dll” I’d have “Synth #1.dll” and “Synth #2.dll”. I seem to recall that in some versions of Cubase and Nuendo this worked but in others it didn’t. _shrugs_

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**Author:** ![Scramble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@Scramble](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Scramble)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/possible-to-have-2-copies-of-a-plugin-in-different-folders/636252/4 "2014-01-31T12:18:19Z")

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Could be a good feature to have in future editions then.

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**Author:** ![Scramble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@Scramble](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Scramble)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/possible-to-have-2-copies-of-a-plugin-in-different-folders/636252/5 "2015-01-23T10:58:28Z")

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So this is now possible – sort of – in Cubase 8. I’ve just made a new plugin ‘collection’, as Steinberg calls it, and I’m sorting the plugins how I want, and I can have the same plugin listed in more than one folder, which means I can have both vendor folders and also FX type folders.

Only small downside is that it looks like I have to manually add new plugins to my collection. But this is a very useful feature, so it might tempt you into upgrading.

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**Author:** ![steve](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/steve/32/193789_2.png) [@steve](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/steve)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/possible-to-have-2-copies-of-a-plugin-in-different-folders/636252/6 "2022-07-30T12:15:41Z")

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