loopMidi virtual ports not showing up

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I’m trying to send midi from Tidal to Ableton/Reaper using virtual midi ports with loopMidi.
When executing the MIDIClient.init; command in SC none of the virtual midi ports in loopMIDI are showing up.

I’ve checked in the Device Manager, under Sound, Video and Game Controllers and the VirtualMIDI driver seems working fine.

I’m on Windows 11.

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This is something I also ran into before. It is some issue with a new midi implementation in Windows (or something like that?). Apparently there is a fix for it, but it appears not to have been implemented yet. A workaround for now is:

  1. Go to Windows Tools → Services

  2. Look for Windows MIDI Service (or MIDI Services)

  3. Open it, then click Stop, followed by Start

Full explanation (where I got this workaround from): Loop Midi hidden in Windows 11 25H2 fix - Cubase - Steinberg Forums

This workaround works for me. I have to do it after every restart.

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Thanks @wahsp ! It works