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

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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 ?
 
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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
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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.
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reghakr said:
Do all these programs us the vst files?

Which on in particular is he using?

Downloading 4 programs is a bit too much.
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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.
 
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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
 
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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 ?
 
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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
Click to expand...

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.
 
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Solution

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