How to disable VST scan at startup?

With all of Reaper's options and ini's I was sure I could find the switch but even after searching the forums all I've come across is the obvious one where one disables names\types. Any ideas or is this something forgotten implemented? EDIT: Feature request now here. Please vote even if it doesn't affect you:

Reaper always does a light VST scan on start-up. The first one after a reboot is a bit more thorough, subsequent start-up scans are faster (not sure why). I think that it is done to make sure that the plugins listing in the .ini file are all available and to store their locations. The "Clear cache/Rescan VST" function tries to load each plug-in too - so it takes a longer time.

It's so unReaperish to force something without an option, so I still suspect it's possible somehow.. Maybe in an ini somewhere?

There could be a setting that often gets overlooked, and that's the DX(i) scan on startup, which can be disabled in preferences. Steve

If all else fails, simply change your VST dir in REAPERs prefs. (A 'dummy' folder or no path at all should do it.) You can always temporarily fix the path when you need REAPER to pick up any new-installed plugs...

Hm, if I do that all plugins are unavailable (missing) to Reaper.. So this actually works for you?

Please see my edited post above. :o

That sounded good and thought that would work too, but didn't alas.. But thx for trying :)

Oh well. Time for a feature request then...:) EDIT: Out of curiosity i just took a look at the plug store file. No paths in there, so its no wonder REAPER doesnt find any plugins when no VST dir path is set. (It simply doesnt know where to look for them then.) I therefore officially admit that it was a very stupid idea and go stand in the corner for 10 minutes...

The bulk of it are sample based vst's like Wusik, Sampletank, Dimension etc etc. Moving things out and getting paths to work would be a bigger job, and as i mentioned, the main point is to have everything in one place for finding things easily, backup etc. I used to have things like that and it was a pita..