Hoster 4.006

[ddouglass]

Where is your Songs.mdb file located?
Do you have any additional copies of the file? (Do a Windows Explorer search for the file on the C:\ drive)

[EmilioM]

My H:\ is my main drive and the songs are located at H:\MTU\Hoster. Also, when opening Hoster, after the box that says about converting HDZIP files, another box opens that says H:\MTU\Hoster\def001.hst is an invalid playlist format. Please open a playlist with a hst. extension created by Hoster. The thing about it is I've seen this for awhile, and it's always found the music. This started after I downloaded 4.004 or 4.005 when I was having some problems with those programs, and stayed there after getting 4.006.

[ddouglass]

What drive is your Windows O\S located on H:\ or C:\?
Your Song files (KMA) can be located any where on internal or external drives with no problems.
However your program files and associated files have to be on C:\ drive.
In C:\Program Files\Micro Technologies Unlimited\Hoster are the program files.
In C:\MTU\Hoster should be your display (HTM) files, your database files (Songs, Bucket, and Songs_Backup) and all your playlist (HST) files.
If you move any of these from those locations Hoster will have problems and may not find them.

[EmilioM]

Like I said, H:\ is my main drive. Windows OS, Hoster, and all my programs are located there along with the music. C:\ is my recovery drive. The letters got switched when I reformatted a while back, but everything that was drive C:\ was switched to drive H:\ and vice versa. H:\ was my recovery drive and C:\ used to be my main, but when I reformatted, all it did was rename C:\ to H:\ and H:\ to C:\. Also, it's been like that for a long time. I've been running Hoster since then with no problems.

[ddouglass]

Wow. That is strange. I guess as long as it is bootable it should work.
To fix the playlist not opening just delete it and Hoster will create a new one.
When you open Tools\Songs Database Rebuild, what is the Destination location at the bottom (in Green)? Is it pointing to H:\MTU... or C:\MTU...? Check it in both 4.006 and 3.4 to make sure it is the same. It should be.
Is your C:\ drive accessable or do you have these two drives set up in a Mirror?

[EmilioM]

Yeah, it was a little strange, but it worked so I was alright with it. I was just worried at first about anything that I would install that I'd have to remember the drive letter but it's worked fine. As far as rebuild, it's located at H:\MTU\Hoster\songs.mdb in both places. Now you said to delete the folder which appears when I go to rebuild it? I actually have 2 folders there, 1 for my main database, and one for all the new songs that I get. Thanx.

[ddouglass]

No don't delete those folders. Those are ok, I just wanted to make sure it wasn't looking back to C:\ drive on one and H:\ on the other.
I am stumped.
Let me think about this some more.