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Cubase 12: VST Sound Library "[...]" not found

Problem

When starting Cubase 12, a dialog box pops up, informing on a seemingly missing VST Sound Library, prompting to select between the options "Ignore", "Remove" and "Locate". Affected libraries are available in Cubase 12 anyway, regardless of the selected option.  

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Background

The VST Sound libraries named below will be automatically updated by the latest version of the Steinberg Download Assistant (version 1.32, released on February 28, 2022). Cubase 12 does not recognize the changes correctly and searches for the old VST Sound files, even though their new versions are registered and available. 

Cubase content Separately available expansions
  • Allen Morgan Signature
  • GA SE Rock Pop Toolbox
  • Alternative Essentials
  • Beat Essentials
  • Blues Essentials
  • Colliding Worlds
  • Funk Essentials
  • Fusion Essentials
  • Future Electronica
  • Future Past Perfect
  • Jazz Essentials
  • Metal Essentials
  • Metro Heights Drums
  • Metronomic Cinema
  • Modern Jazz Essentials
  • Nashville
  • Neuro Mindset
  • Pop Essentials
  • Prime Cuts
  • Rock Essentials
  • Rock and Roll Essentials
  • Simon Philips Jazz Drums
  • Simon Philips Studio Drums
  • Songwriter Essentials
  • The Songwriter's Drums

Solution

To get rid of the misleading error message, please simply click [Remove]. This will not change any files on your hard disk, but unregister the old path from Cubase's library. 

This issue will be solved in a future Cubase 12 maintenance updates.

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