UVI Workstation or Falcon Blacklisted in Cubase [Windows]

On Windows, Cubase may blacklist UVI Workstation or Falcon by mistake, and may also crash when trying to re-activate them in the plug-ins manager.

In this case, here is the procedure to reset the blacklisted VST plug-ins:

1. Make sure that every Windows Updates have been installed to your system.

2. Navigate to this location, where [xx] is the version number of Cubase:
   C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Steinberg\Cubase [xx]_64\

3. Delete the file Vst2xPlugin Blacklist Cubase.xml.

   

4. Open Cubase in Admin Mode – right-click the application then select 'Run as administrator'.

   

5. If required, re-scan your VST locations in Cubase's plug-ins manager.