Hey Gents, here's another solution for anyone else having problems with the HELIX/ WORKBENCH driver...
It's possible that when you plugged your Helix into the computers USB port, Windows pulled the driver from the Windows update site instead of the newly installed 1.85 driver.
To delete the Windows driver, and ensure that the 1.85 driver is used, use the following procedure...(you may already know this)
While your Helix is connected to your computer open your Device Manager from Control Panel In the Control Panel, under Sound, Video and Game controllers find Line 6 Helix, right click with your mouse and select Uninstall. When the Confirmation window appears, Check the "Delete the driver software for this device" checkbox and press OK to Confirm Device Uninstall After pressing OK, disconnect the USB cable between the Computer and the the HELIX. Reinstall the 1.85 driver by downloading the Line6Driver2Helixv1.85Installer.exe from Line 6 Support website Once the drivers have been installed, re-connect the USB cable between the Computer and the the HELIX. You will see a Driver Software Notification Icon in the notification center that Helix drivers are being installed, click the Icon and click the Skip obtaining driver software from Windows Update link and Confirm that this is what you want to do by pressing Yes
Then Windows Software installation will find the 1.85 driver and everything should work by indicating that HELIX is Ready to use!
I hope this helps
seeya
Joe