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[d_pert]

I run portable installs of JRiver on three PCs at home.

This allows me to "image" (.zip) the application and all settings, and regress back if ever I want to. It's been enormously useful. I love portable mode!

However, I've never been able to uninstall VST(s) once they've been added to a portable installation.

If I do the prescribed DSP Studio > Manage Plug-ins... > Uninstall: nothing happens. If I then restart the application, the VST remains. Everything continues to work and there are no error messages. VSTs simply don't uninstall.

Is this a bug, or is there a special technique to uninstall VSTs for portable installs?

Thank you so much.

[d_pert]

Further:

I experimented and figured out how to apparently "cleanse" a portable-install of JRiver MC of any particular VST, by editing one or both of the *.ini files; basically just removing all sections/references relating to the particular plugin from both INI (user and machine) files seems to do the trick.

Note that this is only a workaround for *portable* installs, due to VST uninstall apparently not working when it's a portable install scenario.

[Matt]

I can reproduce this.  I'm investigating now.

[d_pert]

Wow cool. I feel like I'm hitting a lot of home runs with these VST-related topics!

Don't worry: Four (4) was all I had.

Thanks so much again.

[Matt]

This turned into a pretty deep problem, but I think it will be solved next build.

The history:
Fixed: VST plugins could not be uninstalled from a portable install.

Thanks for the nudge

[d_pert]

Sorry. 

Something to do with rights, and/or the fact that the VST dll is located outside the install folder and typically under the protected \Program Files folder?

[d_pert]

Maybe requiring the VST dll to be located in the portable install location? I’d get that (as a user) if that became a requirement. That said, that would only work for VSTs which don’t require anything else on the host system, e.g. a license.