Hi

Yes, it's a permission issue. BB needs to have permission to read/write files in it's folder. The main factors that affect it are... whether you are logged on as an administrator or standard user, whether you have User Account Control enabled, and whether you are running the main Band-in-a-Box program directly from the external drive or from your internal drive.

I wasn't sure from your last message if you are running BB from the hard drive (if you are running from your C drive, you shouldn't normally see errors like "cannot create drum file"). Let's assume you want to run BB from the USB drive like you were doing on your other system. There are a few options, and all of them are easy to do.

1. You could just download and run this patch, making sure you select the bb and realband folders on your USB drive:
http://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htm#usb_hd_patch_2009

2. Another option is to disable User Account Control (control panel - user accounts - user accounts...). On Windows 7 there are four levels, and you would probably turn it all the way off. Also note that you need to reboot your computer for UAC changes to take affect - it doesn't always prompt you to do that.

3. Run BB as an administrator by right-clicking on it and selecting that option (you can also right-click on bbw.exe-Properties-Compatibility...and select it there). On a standard account you would need to type in an admin password when you run the program.

4. Fourth option is to install the BB program to your C drive and leave the RealTracks on the USB drive.

Last edited by Andrew - PG Music; 11/25/09 11:05 PM.
Andrew
PG Music Inc.