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Hi, the attached a picture that has the questions. I will ask here as well.

I am upgrading.

My first install was from an external USB drive and for some reason it created a C:\BB folder. ANSWERED: It is being used and the download & install manager is running from there.


My first upgrade was on the D drive but I put nothing in that C:\bb folder. So I a thinking BIAB is not even using the C:\BB and it does not have very much stuff in it. Can I delete this folder? I am tempted to delete it and see what happens.

Also the installer is asking about a drums install folder. I do not remember this from before. What is it for? Drum real tracks maybe?

So many questions :-)


Thanks,
John

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Even if you install or run Band-in-a-Box from a secondary drive there are a few items that MUST reside on the primary drive.

One way to test if the contents of a particular folder are needed is to rename the folder; for example relabel folder bb to bb-old. Then verify the program still works. If the program doesn't work then relabel the folder back to its original label.


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Thanks Jim.

I must have read your mind. The same idea just came to me :-) Yes the worst that could happen is it bombs :-)

As far as that drums folder goes there is a folder called "Drums" within the "BB" folder. I revised the picture to show it. But I don't want to put stuff there that should not be there and have it clean it up later. I am reading the installer help to see if I can get this answered.

The installer help says "RealTracks and Drums folder locations are also C:\bb by default.". Now this is confusing because my picture shows the prior default for "RealTracks" was outside the BB folder so I chose that folder as my picture shows but I have not run it yet.


I suspect the installer might be better to ask for the top level directory with default being C:\. In my case it is D:\BIAB_2016_UltraPlusPAK. The installer would know what to do below this level. It could even delete an old location and create a new folder for whatever and it is all under the uppermost level so the use need not be worried about these lower level details.

John.


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John,

The defaults for RealTracks and Drums have always been as sub folders underneath bb.

I suspect you are confusing the RealTracks folder with another PG Music folder with a similar name, RealBand.


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Hi Jim,

I figured it out. I attached the corrected picture.

I first entered this for RealTracks
D:\BIAB_2016_UltraPlusPAK\bb\RealTracks
when it wanted
D:\BIAB_2016_UltraPlusPAK\bb

The same happened with drums.
D:\BIAB_2016_UltraPlusPAK\bb\Drums
when it wanted
D:\BIAB_2016_UltraPlusPAK\bb

So that has me thinking the next question will be asking for the RealBand directory. I was correct. It asked later. Its also done.

I marked it as solved.

John

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