Bajan Blue I am having a 'fiasco' as we speak - upgraded three products, Battery 4, Kontakt and Reaktor player - it upgraded the stand alone versions BUT deleted all the DLL's - contacted NI and they were not helpful, so am having to reload from ISO image i have just downloaded - then once reinstalled shall have to try update again - what a 'fiasco' as you rightly say!!! Nigel I'm having a similar problem. Since 5.6, Native Access has been updating my standalone Kontakt, but not the vstis. I even tried doing a clean install, to no avail.

I just opened a support ticket on it today. Bajan Blue it upgraded the stand alone versions BUT deleted all the DLL's - LAGinz25 I'm having a similar problem.

He has published a number of free sound libraries and NI Reaktor ensembles on his website. The pack contains 122 individual Kontakt 5 patches in total. Feb 17, 2017 - If memory serves me, the free player comes as a full demo version that will. Free libraries that come with no serial number will show up as DEMO in Kontakt Player. 31 Free Kontakt instruments, digi98, AAX Plug-ins, 14, 08:44 AM.

Since 5.6, Native Access has been updating my standalone Kontakt, but not the vstis. That's what happened to me last time - my 64 bit dll files were gone. You can check the NI installation log and it will probably show that the upgrade did not include your dll files. In my case it installed the Pro Tools file (and I don't have Pro Tools). I had to uninstall Kontakt and re-install it. You can see why I was reluctant to upgrade this time.

LAGinz25 Ok my work around sort of worked. After downloading my Kontakt 9 iso file I reinstalled Kontakt and Battery 4 - it of course asked me if I realised I was wanting to install OLDER versions, to which I said yes. After careful install of particularly the Vst files, I then went to Native Access and it successfully upgraded them to the latest versions. Reaktor player was not so successful - I downloaded direct from NI, unpacked but it was the full version of Reaktor 6 not the player version - as I have (and am very happy) with Reaktor 5 i gave up, life being too short and all!! Hope this helps Nigel. Just a reminder for those that want to have a hard copy of the updates. Old Service Center downloads the updates and keeps them on your system for archiving.

Native Access downloads and deletes the file after the installation so you got nothing (if this is even an issue in this day and age.). Takes monitoring the download/installation process. After the download is complete, you have a few minutes of time to copy the update to another location that will not be erased. Don't see any control over where the downloads are placed, but on my system, the downloads are dumped in the user/downloads area. Install vray 3ds max.

Reason for needing a copy is so you have a backup. Also if you have multiple computers to update and your provider dings you for excessive bandwidth. Absynth at over 2 GB could alone add extra cash bleed to your monthly bill. Being unable to back up installation files bothers me.

Sure, it's usually not a problem except for the hassle and possible expense of re-downloading. But sometimes it is.

I found this out the hard way when I had to rebuild my DAW from scratch. Not every vendor was able to provide a new installation. At least one had the audacity to want to charge me for it. Some did not keep old versions online, forcing me to purchase the newest version.

Many only provide a time-limited download link, and you have to write to them and beg for another. One of them claimed no record of my purchase (it was eventually sorted, though). Another vendor was no longer in business and their website shut down. So yeh, I feel a lot better when I have backups - on DVD. Because the thieves had also stolen my backup drive, the only products that weren't a problem were the ones I'd backed up to DVDs and stashed in a shoebox. Old school's sometimes best.

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