# Waves not showing up in Ableton

**URL:** <https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-not-showing-up-in-ableton/4819>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 21, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-not-showing-up-in-ableton/4819 "2022-02-21T02:22:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![quicktrackstudios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/41988e/32.png) [@quicktrackstudios](https://forum.waves.com/u/quicktrackstudios)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-not-showing-up-in-ableton/4819/1 "2022-02-21T02:22:19Z")

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I have utilized every step of the way shown on how to install all this stuff. No matter what I do the VST does not populate in any of my Ableton VST folders. I don’t know what to do at this point

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**Author:** ![Adi.Waves](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.waves.com/adi.waves/32/998_2.png) [@Adi.Waves](https://forum.waves.com/u/Adi.Waves)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-not-showing-up-in-ableton/4819/2 "2022-02-22T14:48:57Z")

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Hey Quictrackstudios, welcome to the Waves Forum.

I think a hard rescan of the VST3 which is the only supported format using Waves and Ableton might do the trick here, [you can try the following.](https://www.waves.com/support/how-to-find-your-plugins-in-ableton-live)

Also in case, you have a Custom VST folder set you can set it with Waves by performing the [mentioned steps](https://www.waves.com/support/how-to-use-waves-plugins-when-using-custom-vst-folder).

If those fail for some reason, our lovely [support team](https://www.waves.com/contact-support) will be able to get you U&R quickly.