ASIO gone after switchback so scope 4.5

[MCCY]

Hi!
I just worked a bit in scope 5 and then switched back to 4.5 - I guess I will do that more often.
My SCOPE ASIO drivers are gone in REAPER after switchback & I have to reinstall 4.5. Though just updating the drivers would be enough, but just a complete reinstall helps....

Is there a workaround getting ASIO drivers to work, without full new installation?

Thanks

Martin

[garyb]

that will always make trouble.

windows will always insist on using the latest driver, in this case, the v5 driver. v4.5 cannot use the v5 driver. you must manually select the Creamware driver by choosing "update driver" in the device manager.

[MCCY]

That would be O.K., but updating the driver isn't enough. I have to completely reinstall scope 4.5 before seing asio drivers in reaper again...

[Eanna]

There are probably linked libraries that the driver software calls out to that are only installed on the driver path during installation time.

If you really wanted to figure out what's going on here, you could capture an image of disk, and use the manual and the automated installation mechanisms to figure out what files might be being added during a Scope install. But to be honest, it's too much like work! Easier to reinstall...

[MCCY]

Ah, thanks for the great idea! I will use total uninstall to monitor the changes next time!!! Maybe some registry entries which change? I will report, if I find something!

[Eanna]

Fair play to have the patience to go about doing that!

You can probably focus the diff of images to the Scope installation root (%PROGRAMFILES%\Scope PCI) and Windows Drivers (%WINDIR%\system32)

Another way might be to
dir /s c:\ > c:\all.txt
before and after, then use a text diff to find changed files...

You're right to check the registry. Here's a nifty tool for diff'ing registry snapshots:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/regshot/

Best of luck!