Hello Michael
Thank you for your response.
Yes I ran a Cubase Pro trial for a few days, but I own artist. I ran the Pro 9 trial a long time ago.
I never tried or used VST connect. The message just comes up.
Vst Connect SE and Vst Connect Pro are in the menu but greyed out.
It appears that the message appears more when opening Cubase created templates, for instance Rock etc.
The message comes up in my own projects (From “blank”) but does not always crash cubase.
Hope this helps.