My Kontakt 7 Browser is Empty or Incomplete

If your Kontakt 7 / 8 Browser is empty or incomplete, please follow these steps to reinitialize the Kontakt Database:

macOS

  1. Hold down the alt key on your computer's keyboard and click Go in the Finder menu bar. Choose the appearing Library entry in the drop-down menu.
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  2. Navigate to Application Support > Native Instruments.
  3. Delete the folder "Kontakt 7" or "Kontakt 8".
  4. Start Kontakt 7 / 8 as a standalone application (not in your DAW).

Windows

  1. Click the Windows start button at the bottom left of your screen.
  2. Type "%localappdata%" and click the option that appears.
  3. Navigate to the Native Instruments folder.
  4. Delete the folder "Kontakt 7" or "Kontakt 8".
  5. Start Kontakt 7 / 8 as a standalone application (not in your DAW).