Hello, I also tried to remove all kontakt and komplete installations, folders and .xml

re installed kontakt from fresh, and still have some super old library showing "not found". Those libraries were installed on a hard drive that doesn't even have the same letter anymore and have been formated

how to freaking delete libraries aha ?

 

I just noticed that when I deleted the regedit entry hkey current user - software - native - name of the library ...
If I refresh with F5, the folder re appear aha what the hell

 

Did you also look in Local user software NI folder?

 

Check the hidden c:\programdata folder for native instruments leftovers

 

there's a list of registry entries and folders kontakt/native access use.
For windows I could compile and put it here if someone already hasn't

 

Is this Kontakt 7.x we're talking about or legacy versions? On K7 the internal lib management will remove, add, manage all from K7 itself. It has REAL working library management built in. if not do the following...

--------- if you run native access ---------
- Start Native Access. Go to the Installed products page and check if your library is listed. Click on the library's name to display its information on the right. Choose the Installation Path tab in the panel and make a note of the path where the library is installed. You'll need this information verbatim whether you run native access or not.

- Close Native Access and close Kontakt if it's open.
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- Run regedit32.

- In the left hand pane navigate through the tree to open the HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Native Instruments folder. Within this folder you should see a sub-folder named after the library you want to delete. Highlight that folder and press Delete to, delete it.

- Now navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software > Native Instruments folder and delete the libray's sub-folder in the same way.

- You can now close the Registry Editor.

- Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the library's installation folder that you noted earlier. Delete that folder.

- Close Explorer if you want.

--------- if you run native access ---------
- Re-open Native Access and go to the Installed products page again. Check that the library has gone from the list. Now open the Not installed page - the library will probably appear there now because it's still registered to you and available for re-installation if you ever need it in the future.

- Close native access.
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- Start Kontakt, either stand-alone or as a plugin in your DAW, and check that the library is gone.

- done

I have used this process with legacy versions of Kontakt (v6 and below) whose library managements were all FUBAR and it worked fine... Just as an FYI, ALL your lib's should be stored in a central location AWAY from the physical disk used by your "C:/drive" (i.e. a different physical drive, M2, SSD, Hard drive)...

 

Last edited: Apr 27, 2023