Up until a couple days ago I was using 20.0 and the program worked fine.
Then I started getting the enclosed error message and the program wouldn't open until I "aborted the scan".
I made all the exclusions for all the paths I could think of with no differences in results.

To my knowledge I hadn't changed anything or updated windows to trigger the problem.

Finally, I uninstalled Vegas Pro 20.0 and reinstalled/upgraded to 21.0 (not by choice, I was perfectly happy with 20.0) and now the program will open with no error message, but it only lets me work for a few minutes before it "Stops Responding" and, after several minutes gives me a choice between continuing to wait or closing the program.

This happens every time I use the program now.

Is there a way to replace or repair the "audio_plugin_scan_server_vst2.exe" and "audio_plugin_scan_server_vst3.exe"?
I suspect this is still at the root of the problem.

I can't find a solution online
Plz help.