Hello Kenny,

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So, first off, I'm using XP and I am indeed logged in as an administrator. The BIAB version is 2006. The song folder is on an external USB drive. I'm not familar with User Account Control (I notice it was mentioned above in relation to Vista and Win7. Is this relevant to XP?)



Thanks for the info. Right, UAC not applicable to XP.

1. First, are you opening up the same folder all the time, or are you opening up songs from subfolders. Say you have folders like this:

Main song folder
--song subfolder 1
--song subfolder 2
--song subfolder 3

If you generate a song list in the main song folder, then open up one of the subfolders you'll still need to generate a song list for that subfolder.

2. If that's not what the issue is, then look in your song folder via Windows Explorer, after you have generated a song list for that folder. In that folder you should see a file with a name like "songlisttemp.bin".

If you DO see this file, then I don't know what the problem is. If you DON'T see this file, then the problem is that Band-in-a-Box is unable to write files to the USB hard drive for some reason. That is the underlying reason, there could be a few different causes. But since you have Windows XP and are an administrator, that eliminates several possibilities.

Try these things:

--In Windows Explorer, right-click on the song folder (on your USB drive) and select Properties. Make sure "Read-Only" is unchecked, and press Apply. If asked, you should apply to subfolders and files. Now see if the problem is solved.

--If that didn't help, you could try this:

1. Go back and right-click on the folder again and select Properties.
2. Click on Security, and click Add.
3. Type the word "everyone" (without the quotes) and press OK.
4. With Everyone selected, check the Full Control checkbox, and press Apply. Then press OK.

Now see if the problem is solved. If not, maybe there is some security software running on your computer that is preventing the access...

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