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So, I tried various things, and then I realised my Native Instruments plugins were also installed
in a folder in the NI directory.
So I just copied those into the VST folder, and now they work. Is there any reason why one shouldn't
just copy them over like that?

Thanks again for the help

Setup your Options.txt file with
-NoVstStartupScan

C:\Users\********\AppData\Roaming\Ableton\Live 9.*.*\Preferences

And see if you're still crashing on start up.

If you don't crash on start up, go ahead an manually rescan your VST folder via Preferences, File/Folder Tab and hit Rescan.

If you ...

When trying to start Ableton Live, it freezes when scanning the plugins. I have Native Instruments Komplete 10 installed and it seems several of these are causing problems (I also have a few other VST's).

I tried uinstalling Live and installing again, but that didn't help. I also tried running ...