[Colin Cumming]

I had the same problem, but I had solved it by the time I read this and will use my method again when updating SD3 in future.
I started by searching all my drives for every instance of the Superior Drummer 3.dll file. Having located them I erased them all and re-started the PC. I then uninstalled the Superior Drummer 3 program and re-started the PC again. I then checked both the Cubase 9 and 9.5 VST managers to make sure there was no sign of SD3 either in the authorised or blacklist sections. Having confirmed this I used the download manager to install the latest version.
After I re-started the PC again I opened Cubase 9.5 and then a project that used SD3 and found to my relief that everything was as it should be. The conflict between the SD3 dll file and the application versions was gone and the program was already on the authorised VST list and did not need to be activated from the blacklist. Furthermore, probably because I used the Toontrack download manager there was no need to re-activate SD3 for use on my PC. Finally just to say that when you uninstall SD3 using the ‘Programs and Features’ utility in the Control Panel, fear not, as your many gigabytes of sounds are left untouched!

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