Glad you got it sorted Graham, I know the feeling when something goes wrong with Biab.
Don't know if you use Avast but I have had a lot of problems with it lately and music software, actually just changed to Kaspersky free, working fine at the moment.
Might be an idea to copy that whole BB folder to an external drive then if something goes wrong again, you can just copy it across.
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Glad you got it sorted Graham, I know the feeling when something goes wrong with Biab.
Don't know if you use Avast but I have had a lot of problems with it lately and music software, actually just changed to Kaspersky free, working fine at the moment.
Might be an idea to copy that whole BB folder to an external drive then if something goes wrong again, you can just copy it across.
I used the paid kaspersky for years but it was hogging almost half of my PC resources, SO 3 years ago I switched to esnet. £60 OR something, which is good value and it doesn't go away with a lot of your resources either
This is probably far out there but by chance is your D:/BB folder in read only mode? Right click on that file and check all of the folder's properties.
Originally Posted By: furry
Mario, it WAS read only, thanks old friend
Hi
You two have me puzzled All my BIAB folders are read only including the main C: bb folder and all the sub folders like realtracks etc. Surely this is normal for software structure folders. However the individual files in the folder are not, read only.
If a folder is read only you can't add files additional into the folder but you can read whatever files exist within the folder.
I've only seen the setting used when someone is getting ready to archive a folder so they set the read only attribute. That effectively "freezes" the folder.
Glad you got it sorted Graham, I know the feeling when something goes wrong with Biab.
Don't know if you use Avast but I have had a lot of problems with it lately and music software, actually just changed to Kaspersky free, working fine at the moment.
Might be an idea to copy that whole BB folder to an external drive then if something goes wrong again, you can just copy it across.
I'm still curious as to why it wrong to start with
I'm glad you found a solution and shared it with us since that was indeed a strange problem. Like you I'd like to know the root cause of the issue but I doubt we ever will know. I've got to admit I would never have thought to look at the folder attributes so that's some great sleuthing!
Computers are supposed to make our lives easier but they sure do require a lot of care, attention and upkeep.
If a folder is read only you can't add files additional into the folder but you can read whatever files exist within the folder.
I've only seen the setting used when someone is getting ready to archive a folder so they set the read only attribute. That effectively "freezes" the folder.
That just don't sit right with me. Like Mike, said - all my BIAB data folders are "read only".
Here is a quick Google.
"...the Read-only attribute for a folder is typically ignored by Windows, Windows components and accessories, and other programs. For example, you can delete, rename, and change a folder with the Read-only attribute by using Windows Explorer.
The Read-only and System attributes is only used by Windows Explorer to determine whether the folder is a special folder, such as a system folder that has its view customized by Windows (for example, My Documents, Favorites, Fonts, Downloaded Program Files), or a folder that you customized by using the Customize tab of the folder's Properties dialog box."
Everyone else, I'm doing a manual download of all the RTs, and that seems to be working fine
This might be a clue. Were you using some "non manual" download and install tool? I do a manual download and then install separately each of the RT packs individually. I thought everyone did that. I know BIAB may have a automated option, but it proved unreliable for me in the past, so I don't use it.
Were you using some "non manual" download and install tool? I do a manual download and then install separately each of the RT packs individually. I thought everyone did that. I know BIAB may have a automated option, but it proved unreliable for me in the past, so I don't use it.
I was wondering the same thing Dan. I go manually as well.
This is a funny old thing. If you check the properties of a folder in windows 10 you would think it was read only but if you read, that is not quite what it says, Quote: Read only (only applies to files in folder) However the individual files in the folder are not read only unless set to be so. This is all very confusing but according to searches has been the case since 2015 or so. In fact google has pages on this subject. After much reading it seems as long as your individual files are not read only no need to worry . it all seems to be to do with permissions. Hence why sometimes you need to run as admin.
Mike you are correct. I original suggestion to check for read only was because I don't know what would happen to a read only folder that had no files in it. I suppose I could check to out but hey I'm lazy
Me, it's not about how many times you fail, it's about how many times you get back up. Cop, that's not how field sobriety tests work.
64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware
Everyone else, I'm doing a manual download of all the RTs, and that seems to be working fine
This might be a clue. Were you using some "non manual" download and install tool? I do a manual download and then install separately each of the RT packs individually. I thought everyone did that. I know BIAB may have a automated option, but it proved unreliable for me in the past, so I don't use it.
Dan I was downloading all the RT sets manually. It took a while but luckily my broadband speed sits around 85mbps which is a godsend when downloading large files.
I'd like to say a big big thank you to everyone who took the time to try and help. Sad thing is that Deryk asked me on chat to email the support team, for more expert help than he could give. I DID, and am still waiting for a reply
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