heyho...
I searched the board, but didn´t find anythig related.

I dont want Ableton to scan the plugins on every startup. I get errors with my firewall activated.
So i have to disable my network and open my firewall.

https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209772865-Options-txt-file
https://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=243256

the options.txt works, but the -NoVstStartupScan command doesnt work.

Anyone here with Live 11 and -NoVstStartupScan ?

Thanks

 

Hello Swatch try again:

How To Stop Ableton From Scanning VSTS
Step 1: Open Notepad
If you use Windows, open a notepad.
https://homemusicmaker.com/stop-ableton-scanning-vsts

other Info: list of the options working with Ableton11 (with -NoVstStartupScan)
https://github.com/ibekso/medium/blob/main/options_txt/lists/options_available_live_11.txt

 

Last edited: Nov 13, 2021

Thank you BEAT16
But it really doesnt work here
Live still starts scanning on startup.

I can live with it.
The window disappears after a few minutes.
But i would like to keep it away

 

I updated my Windows Firewall Controll Software
Now it works and i get no error on startup

 

Yeah, it works for me. I eventually turned it off because I found that whenever I actually added a new VST and told it to scan manually, it had to go through the process of doing a full scan. Because I've got a shedload of warez in there, and I was always adding new VST's to try them out, I decided that just going with the default was faster and more convenient.

I've got a sense that it didn't work when I first tried it out and I had to do something that fixed it. I think I may have initially had it in the wrong folder?

The scan shouldn't be causing errors with your firewall though. Which firewall are you using?

Edit: Ah, I see you've sorted the firewall thing out.

 

In Ableton 11.1, it doesn't work anymore.

 

There is a trick I do sometimes if there is an install problem of a vst or some other problems. Rename the vst suffixs (dll) that were not recognized by AL. do a scan then close Ableton Live and restart it again. then rename the suffix back to dll and scan again. And if still not works then the problem is in the plug-in itself.

 

Yep, It doesn't work anymore. Sometimes the indexer joins in to a fuck party.

 

so there is no way to auto disable VST scan ? i'm using ableton 11.1.5

 

Since I have an overkill build Ryzen 5600x & RTX 3060 TI with SN850 SSD (8 GB sec read & write)
I don't have to wait for any plugin scan it's done in like 2 seconds to run Ableton (it scans like 560 waves plugins...etc it's done within like 2 blinks of an eye)
I know on my shitty laptop it would take like 3 minutes to scan the waves complete bundle and my other plugins...but with a good PC I don't have to worry anymore