Please help importing kma files
 

ok i have been running hoster 3.321 with vista for a lifetime now without any trouble what so ever anyway recently i have had to format my laptop and reinstall everything including hoster all goes well so far

now i come to bulid my song data base from the main kma files stored on my external hard-drive as i always have now hoster goes through the process as it should but no new entries found and also when i try and merge say no new entries merged

hard-drive is fine
i can access the kma files via my comp and go to drive so i know they all still there
i even can see them when i go thorugh the process with hoster to add new file
i have rebooted comp tried hard-drive on another machine no problem
please help nice people out there ive wasted a day on this

it has to be a vista thing, did you go through all the requirments before installing hoster with vista ??

the only thing it told me to do was to manually move the kma files stored on my c drive but i dont have any stored on my c drive they all on external unless im reading it wrong

no, i mean there are things you have to do to vista to get it ready for hoster.

ok where can i find them ?

start here

http://www.mtu.com/support/support-frame.htm

This is where you find them:
http://www.mtu.com/upgrades/hoster/v...de-hoster4.htm

This is for Hoster 4 but can't hurt to do them for 3.321 either and then you are ready for 4 when you want to upgrade.

When you re-loaded your computer did the external drive come up with a different drive letter from what you were previously using?
Is the list of folders in the rebuild screen showing the correct drive and folder or does it list C:\MTU\KMA Files?
When you reloaded Windows all your registry entries are wiped out and so Hoster resets to default locations.

yea the location of the kma files is fine and no it hasnt changed the drive number
what should the song database destination folder say thats the only thing i have not changed by the way both of you many thanks for yur help if all else fails i get a hammer from the garage lol

When you tell it to rebuild is it saying there aren't any files?
Then do the changes in the link I posted. Vista is hiding the files from Hoster.

i have made all the changes and still nothing when you go to tolls / build song database, yes it clearly shows the kma files i then i select that folder on g:kma files

so it then all kicks in and then says its found nothing should i consider un-installing and re-installing hoster honestly i have 3 copies of hoster and never ever had problem unless the laptop just having a bad day

The problem isn't Hoster. The problem is Vista.
One thing they don't have listed there yet (will probably be updated after 4.10 is released) is to turn off the UAC.
Also, right click on the Hoster program file (not the desktop shortcut) and click on "Run as...", set to Administrator account.

how do i turn of auc ?

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/1...windows-vista/