At Soundtoys 5 Link — Cannot Create Soundtoys Version Root Folder

It essentially halts the authorization process. After digging through support docs and experimenting for an hour, I figured out the issue. It is almost always a permission error or a broken alias (shortcut) left over from a previous installation.

Look for a folder named . Open it.

Soundtoys V5 Preset location, presets not saving and hardlinks