OOPS! C: set as vst plugin folder accidentally - now trouble

Noematus · Post by **Noematus** » Mon May 30, 2005 5:49 am

Can ANYONE help me, I accidentally set the plugin folder as C: by clicking once too many times when I shouldn't have. Live had a hernia when this happened and shut down. Now Live wants to open this as the plugin folder everytime I open it, and it takes a million years interpreting every .dll file as a plugin. I tried un-installing and re-installing. Still does the same thing. I'm in a bit of a pinch, can someone recommend anything.

-Benny

Noematus · Post by **Noematus** » Mon May 30, 2005 6:33 am

after a while Live just quits... is there a way I can access the preferences without opening the program? probably not eh?

borg · Post by **borg** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:26 am

try trashing the preferences?

Post by **Alex** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:19 am

Hi Noematus,

how long are your "million years"? If it is only some minutes you can start Live, wait these minutes and then reset the VST folder in Live's preferences.

Or you delete or better rename the preferences file.
For Live 4.1.4 it can be found here:
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Ableton\Live 4.1.4\Preferences\Preferences.cfg". This "Application Data" folder can be hidden so you may have to change your settings to see it.

regards,
Alex