VST plug-in locations in Windows

August 10, 2019 by Antti

Since I'm constantly confused with these, I'll just jot these down for me to reference later on.

C:\Program Files\VSTPlugins - 64-bit VST2 plug-ins.
C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3 - 64-bit VST3 plug-ins. (Live 10.1 and later).
C:\Program Files (x86)\VSTPlugins - 32-bit plug-ins.

Note: Live 10 is 64-bit only, so 32-bit plug-ins won't appear in Live 10. Likewise 64-bit plug-ins won't appear in 32-bit versions of Live.

https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209071729-Using-VST-plug-ins-on-Windows

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