After Updating or Reinstalling Vinyl with Native Access, the VST2 Plug-in Has Been Removed (Windows)

Symptom

After you updated or reinstalled Vinyl with Native Access, the VST2 plug-in has been removed from your Windows system.

Cause

Native Access installs Vinyl in the default location C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VstPlugins regardless of selected custom locations in the preferences. It also removes a previous VST2 installation from any custom VST2 location originally selected.

Solution

Please reinstall Vinyl manually:

1. Close Native Access and all audio applications.
2. Download the Vinyl installer and unzip it.
3. Run the installer.
4. When prompted, select Custom Install:
5. On the Install Options screen, select your custom install location for VST2 plug-ins

After installation, you can use both the VST2 and VST3 versions of Vinyl again.