Problem with lost files

[jelyer]

Hi everyone,
Yes, I'm using Vista Home Edition (I think, at least I know it's not the Pro edition). I upgraded to 3.321 like was suggested on MTU's site, but it has not resolved my problem. I have managed to locate my Songs.mdb file and put it where it belongs (c:\mtu\hoster), so I can now access information with the search feature of Hoster, however, I cannot find my .kma files still, not even in hidden files, which I have now made visible. Am I a victim of Vista's ability to simply delete them, or is there any way that I can recover them still? I can't stand the idea of having to reload over 200 disks! I know this sounds pretty small compared to a couple of problems that I saw listed earlier, but for me it's significant and any help or suggestions you may have will certainly be appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

[swany]

Use windows explorer to search. Look in public music for MTU and songs.

[jelyer]

Swany,
Wish I was having fun. I'm beginning to resign myself that I am going to have to import all of my songs again. I have done an explorer search, looking for "songs", "*.kma", "mtu", "hoster", and various individual songs. None of my .kma files are coming up, even in the hidden files. Initially, a string showing something to the effect of "AppData/virtualsave" or something like that was appearing in the results window from my search for "*.kma", but after updating to 3.321, this string disappeared and I have not been able to locate anything ever since. Thanks for the encouraging words!
Jen (jelyer)

[ddouglass]

Look in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Shared Music\MTU or C:\Program Files\Microtechnology Unlimited\Hoster\Songs or C:\MTU\KMA Files. In the first one that you find click on Compability Files (that should set it for all folders) to be able to see any files there.
Vista tries to hide the files from anyone except the original user.

[Beavis]

your second step you should have done after importing all your music was to back it up on an external hard drive !

[grfred58]

I am also using vista and running hoster 3.321. I having the same problem. I am new to hoster and I'm in the process of putting songs in. I have been checking as I go to make sure they play, as they did, but yesterday, I checked some of the songs and I cannot put most of them in the playlist to listen to. It brings them up in search, but then tells me the song is not in the hardrive. Where did they go? Help Please, I'm not very computer literate.