Windows 7 Moving my audio VST .Dll 's from XP to Windows 7 without re installing each

[natewillmusic]

I'm in the process of moving my audio VST .Dll 's from XP to Windows 7 without re installing each. I'm trying to copy and paste from my old xp VST plug in location to my new Windows 7 dedicated HDD. IF I do this, where in the registry can I go to in order for my plug ins to know where their data files are. Since there will be no registry entries for these VST plug ins i'd be pasting over, is there a way I can import them from my xp registry or write them in myself ? Re installing all my free and bought plug ins is not an option believe me...i have too much sessiond to have time to re install (omnisphere, atmosphere, trillian, NI Kore, etc).


Does anybody know the necessary steps I should take ? Like where are the common places to find where VST's look for the location of their accompanied data ? I heard some VST's have the data location right inside the .Dll, is that true ?

 

[natewillmusic]

Do all these programs us the vst files?

Which on in particular is he using?

Downloading 4 programs is a bit too much.

On the Native Instruments site, you can download Kontakt 4 and Kore player for free just by giving your email address. They both have similar architecture to all the plug ins Im having an issue with.

 

[reghakr]

Please descibe in detail what you want me todo after installation.

 

[natewillmusic]

Please descibe in detail what you want me todo after installation.

try to run the program on another OS without going through re installation again on the new OS

 

[reghakr]

What vst plugs are you referring to.

I mainly see the extension .b3s

The only file in the VSTPlugins directory is Battery 3.dll

I haven't gone through the whole routine yet, but open Regedit and change the path here to the path you're going to place the files:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Native Instruments\Battery 3\ContentDir: "C:\Program Files\Native Instruments\Battery 3\Battery 3 Library"
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Native Instruments\Battery 3\ContentVersion: "1.0"

You will need to copy these files also:

C:\Windows\System32\bconvert.dll
C:\Windows\System32\NI_DFD_1_5.dll
C:\Windows\System32\NI_IRC_1_2.dll
C:\Windows\System32\REX Shared Library.dll

 

[natewillmusic]

What vst plugs are you referring to.

I mainly see the extension .b3s

The only file in the VSTPlugins directory is Battery 3.dll

I haven't gone through the whole routine yet, but open Regedit and change the path here to the path you're going to place the files:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Native Instruments\Battery 3\ContentDir: "C:\Program Files\Native Instruments\Battery 3\Battery 3 Library"
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Native Instruments\Battery 3\ContentVersion: "1.0"

You will need to copy these files also:

C:\Windows\System32\bconvert.dll
C:\Windows\System32\NI_DFD_1_5.dll
C:\Windows\System32\NI_IRC_1_2.dll
C:\Windows\System32\REX Shared Library.dll

Battery 3.dll is the plug in, in question. How'd yo know to copy over those files and did it work in the new OS ?

 

[reghakr]

You will need to copy these files also:

C:\Windows\System32\bconvert.dll
C:\Windows\System32\NI_DFD_1_5.dll
C:\Windows\System32\NI_IRC_1_2.dll
C:\Windows\System32\REX Shared Library.dll

I track all my installs with a program called Regshot.

First register Battery 3 DXi.dll in the DXI directory. This placed hundreds of registry entries in the registry.

Now copy the files above to the Windows\System32 folder and it worked OK for me.

I did this on a dual-boot setup with Windows 7 Pro and Vista Hom premium.

It should work the same same on a differed computer.

 

[natewillmusic]

I track all my installs with a program called Regshot.

First register Battery 3 DXi.dll in the DXI directory. This placed hundreds of registry entries in the registry.

Now copy the files above to the Windows\System32 folder and it worked OK for me.

I did this on a dual-boot setup with Windows 7 Pro and Vista Hom premium.

It should work the same same on a differed computer.

thats a great solution for this particular plug ini, but is there a solution for the rest of my plugu ins ?

 

[reghakr]

Unless they rely on other DLL files, they should work the same.

 

[natewillmusic]

Unless they rely on other DLL files, they should work the same.

is there a way to ind out if the plug in relies o other .dlls and if so where to find em ? ( without going thru reinstallaton)

 

[reghakr]

You might want to try this:

Dependency Analyzer

 

[natewillmusic]

You might want to try this:

Dependency Analyzer

did you try it on the battery pug in ?

and if so, were the results similar to what you got when you found the registries and necessary files during initial installation ?

 

[reghakr]

I've already uninstalled the program as I thought that's all you needed to know.

 

[natewillmusic]

I've already uninstalled the program as I thought that's all you needed to know.

OH ok I will try it myself then, If it finds all the files that you found during the battery installaton, then my problem has been solved lol

 

[reghakr]

Yea,that's all about we can do at this point.

Good luck.

 

[natewillmusic]

Yea,that's all about we can do at this point.

Good luck.

you have been the most helpful support ive ever encountered I swear lol

 

[reghakr]

Thank you,

That's my goal.

Com back anytime if you have any problems.