I use @bobdule 's installed Kontakt 7.10.6 alongside his portable Kontakt 7.10.1 because each opens various libraries that the other doesn't, for some reason. (I'd love to understand why that is!). I use the portable version of Kontakt by default, and the installed version only when the portable version can't open a given library. This is all in Reaper 7.22 on Windows 11.

Unfortunately, I'm running into a strange problem. When I add an instance of Kontakt 7 Installed to a track everything works fine at first. But after I take Kontakt offline, or close and reload Reaper, whenever I try and open these Kontakt 7 Installed instances, Reaper opens Kontakt 7 Portable!

This is a big problem because, as I said above, I use the installed version only for libraries that don't work in the portable version. And so when this happens, Kontakt portable throws an error about not being able to read the library (which is the very reason I used the installed version!), and I lose all my settings and configurations inside the plugin.

How can I fix this?

 

As I mentioned above somewhere, I have been using Danilov's portable versions since V5 right up to my current V7.10.1. I have never had trouble with any plugins (and I have a lot) EXCEPT if the Lib would not run on the current Kontakt version of the time this being the only reason to update...ever. I am running win10 and Reaper. Are you running the portable version from the root of the C drive as per instructions? I did run V5 and V6 portable side by side at one at one point due to an unfinished song with no problems. You imply that bobdule has a portable version. This I have never used nor could I find it.

 

I think the most straightforward solution is to use only the portable version and find out why some libraries don't work, because I haven't had any problems with any of them, thanks to the fact that the portable version has its own mechanism to make each library have its own unique ID and there is never any overlapping of Ids
Or alternatively, use both versions, portable and installed, but for example portable V7 and installed V8

 

Yes, sounds like the best course of action.......obviously look for any of the Bobdule installed files in registry etc after uninstalling I'm sure if you use reaper you know all this stuff..if so sorry