I can drag a BIAB song into the BIAB VST plugin in my DAW and that works. But for some reason I cannot drag a BIAB song file onto the main screen of the BIAB program like the video shows. I have tried the SGU,MID, WMA and so on and no luck at all. Is this a Windows thing or a setting somewhere?
BIAB 2026 Ultrapack- Fender Studio Pro 8, Windows 11, Mac Mini M4 with Logic Pro 11, Melodyne Studio, Luna Pro
I can drag a BIAB song into the BIAB VST plugin in my DAW and that works. But for some reason I cannot drag a BIAB song file onto the main screen of the BIAB program like the video shows. I have tried the SGU,MID, WMA and so on and no luck at all. Is this a Windows thing or a setting somewhere?
Check this option in BiaB: File > File Utilities... > Associate File Types (songs, styles) with Windows Hopefully this will resolve (it is working here for me)
BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.
Thanks but that did not do it for me. I am able to click on a BIAB song from explorer and it will pull up BIAB and load it in. The drag and drop don't seem to work for some odd reason.
BIAB 2026 Ultrapack- Fender Studio Pro 8, Windows 11, Mac Mini M4 with Logic Pro 11, Melodyne Studio, Luna Pro
If you are running Band-in-a-Box (or any program) elevated ('run as admin'), drag and drop from Explorer can't work - perhaps that is what's going on?
Interesting, normally I only ever run elevated but after the upgrade I now noticed that the new desktop shortcut is not running elevated. Yes, if I run elevated it doesn't work.
BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.
If you are running Band-in-a-Box (or any program) elevated ('run as admin'), drag and drop from Explorer can't work - perhaps that is what's going on?
I run BIAB as admin but does not make any difference still the same.
Thanks
Does not work for me either. It appears we are being told NOT to run as admin. After all these years on being told to run as admin. However, now I can't find a way to run this any other way. EVen when I disable the run as admin, it still does.
I run BIAB as admin but does not make any difference still the same.
Thanks
I'm not sure I follow. If you run as admin it won't work. Check to make sure that it's not running Admin as default. Right-click desktop icon, select Properties > Advanced, uncheck the checkbox, click OK then Apply:
BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.
What I mean is I have always had the program file set to run as admin. I did try and disabling that to see if it would make a difference but it did not so I changed it back to run as admin. It seems I am not the only one with this? My Drag and Drop works great with BIAB files in the VST3 plugin in Studio One Pro just not in the BIAB program itself. Thanks
BIAB 2026 Ultrapack- Fender Studio Pro 8, Windows 11, Mac Mini M4 with Logic Pro 11, Melodyne Studio, Luna Pro
What happens when you try to drag a file onto Band-in-a-Box? (Note - Band-in-a-Box typically doesn't need to be run as admin. People tend to recommend it as a troubleshooting step when trying to solve a problem without a known solution).
What happens when you try to drag a file onto Band-in-a-Box? (Note - Band-in-a-Box typically doesn't need to be run as admin. People tend to recommend it as a troubleshooting step when trying to solve a problem without a known solution).
These pics I took of my screen when I attempt to drag a BIAB song from the folder over to the BIAB chord screen. The mouse turns into the "no can do symbol".
BIAB 2026 Ultrapack- Fender Studio Pro 8, Windows 11, Mac Mini M4 with Logic Pro 11, Melodyne Studio, Luna Pro
I saw that earlier and confirmed it is related to "running as administrator". As for me and my family, I'll keep running as administrator, as there are other ways to open the files.
John
Laptop-HP Omen I7 Win11Pro 32GB 12TB SSD Desktop-ASUS-I7 Win10Pro 32GB 12TB SATA
Exactly, the "no can do" symbol means the program is running as admin and it cannot accept dropped files.
I fully agree:
BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.
You can run BIAB in non-admin mode (until something weird happens and you find you may need to go back to it - most likely related to a plugin).
I remember also that the Aria Player (that Garritan instruments use) would not allow you to drag/drop your license file on the interface if you ran it in admin mode. So it's not just BIAB affected by that.
John
Laptop-HP Omen I7 Win11Pro 32GB 12TB SSD Desktop-ASUS-I7 Win10Pro 32GB 12TB SATA
You can run BIAB in non-admin mode (until something weird happens and you find you may need to go back to it - most likely related to a plugin).
I remember also that the Aria Player (that Garritan instruments use) would not allow you to drag/drop your license file on the interface if you ran it in admin mode. So it's not just BIAB affected by that.
Thanks John I will keep that in mind. I don't use plugins with BIAB as I work in Studio One for that part of it but weird things happen yes!
BIAB 2026 Ultrapack- Fender Studio Pro 8, Windows 11, Mac Mini M4 with Logic Pro 11, Melodyne Studio, Luna Pro
Does not work for me either. It appears we are being told NOT to run as admin. After all these years on being told to run as admin. However, now I can't find a way to run this any other way. Even when I disable the run as admin, it still does.
Just one more feature which doesn't work! I can not turn off UAC. I have unchecked all "run as admin" in the shortcut but it still appears to need UAC to run. Even if I just open the exe file, UAC steps in asking me if I want to approve this program to make changes. I can only answer yes. If I answer no, it don't load BIAB.
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