VST Synth Not Detected

Oh, thank $Deity. I was so worried. Should we tidy up a bit first? Delete ExaktLite_x64 - Copy.dll from your plugins folder. I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. Go back to C:\Users\*Your Name*\AppData\Roaming\REAPER Locate reaper-vstplugins64.ini again. Open it in notepad again. Find ExaktLite again. If you have any lines of code that you didn't have before (because of the copy you made), then remove them. I really don't know if you will. I'm getting slightly out of my depth now. Replace these lines.... Code:

I've followed every instruction to the letter and it's still not happening. :(

I found some stuff.... C:\Users\*myname*\AppData\Roaming\Sonicbits ExaktLite Banks, presets, manual, settings. You got all that stuff? Two more things to try, BTW.

Close Reaper. Go back to C:\Users\*Your Name*\AppData\Roaming\REAPER again Locate reaper-vstplugins64.ini again again. Deleting that file probably won't break Reaper, but lets keep it around to be on the safe side. Rename it to, say, xxxxreaper-vstplugins64.ini Start Reaper.

Did Reaper load?

After all this, I can only conclude that I should try reverting back to an earlier version of Reaper and see what happens, or there's an issue with my laptop that won't allow this particular .dll file to function.

Ok, not like it's a big file, but let's not litter.... Delete xxxxreaper-vstplugins64.ini (I guess Reaper made a new reaper-vstplugins64.ini file. I thought it would.) I'm going to kick myself if this works. Unless you have a whole bunch of customisations that you're very attached to, let's reset Reaper to factory defaults. This will wipe out your VST paths at.... Options > Preferences > Plugins > VST .... so copy them to clipboard and paste into notepad to save yourself some time later. In your Windows Start menu, under Reaper, you'll find the option.... Reaper (x64) Reset configuration to factory defaults ... do that. When Reaper opens, paste those VST paths back in from notepad. Rescan.

I ain't quitting.... 

Could be relevant. Who knows?