Hi,

Yes, C:\bb is the default install location for Band-in-a-Box, however you can select to install it basically anywhere you want, such as E:\MyMusicPrograms\BIAB or whatever. When you install upgrades/add-ons in the future, they will remember your location E(:\MyMusic......) and default there. Installing a program in C:\bb is not the current Windows convention - that would probably be C:\Program Files (or C:\Program Files (x86)). It's also a convention to put program files and settings all around the user's hard drive, in places such as C:\Documents and Settings\MyUserAccount\Application Data\.... and so on, but those specific locations are changing from time to time. Also, with Vista the Program Files folder is a bit mysterious, since when a program needs to save a file there, the file actually gets saved in a Virtual location and not where you expect (I think the behaviour is different depending on what privileges the program has).

So one advantage of the C:\bb location is that it's simpler to deal with and fewer potential problems, especially with a program like BB that has thousands of files. Another advantage is since many people already have BB, and have installed it in C:\bb, it would be confusing for them if we changed the 'default location'. The advantage of Program Files would be that it is the convention. But yes, if we refer to the C:\bb folder (in documentation or wherever), you should translate that to wherever you happen to have BB installed.

sixchannel - one possibility is that your BIAB\bb folder is your actual Band-in-a-Box folder, whereas your main BIAB\ folder has some bb related files that you downloaded. Can you run the program (bbw.exe) from your BIAB\bb folder, and what are some examples of filenames in the BIAB\ folder? You'll be able to get RealTracks working later, but first you should get the program running.

Andrew
PG Music Inc.