I'm trying to work out whether it is possible to install my (licensed) copies of Aalto and Kaivo on a Windows 7 laptop on which I don't have administrator rights?
I use the plugins at home on a Mac but would like to install on my work laptop as well just for some lunch hour patching (and for entertainment when I travel for work) - and trying to avoid having to deal with a corporate IT department at my employer...
Planning on using free version of Mulab as a host which is really light and runs straight from a USB key (and didn't require admin install).
I've downloaded the .zip files and extracted to .exe, but obviously can't run without admin account. Am I right in thinking the plugins themselves are just .dll files though? Is there anyway I can extract those files, drop them on a USB key, and point the host software toward that directory for VSTs? I don't really understand the underlying install process though, so am probably missing something. Any tips appreciated! Thanks.
If you can install your plugins on any other machine, then you can grab the .dll files out of the C:\VSTPLUGINS folder, and move the patches in the Madrona Labs folder over as well. You can copy the whole Madrona Labs folder from /AppData/Roaming. That should be all you need to run.
Perfect, thanks for confirmation Randy. That potential solution struck me just after I had posted my query...