Hoster 4.006

[EmilioM]

ddouglass,
Yes I downloaded from MTU, in fact I just did it again. Also the book ID, Title, Artist, Disc ID, and Karaoke buttons are on. I've tried rebuilding and adding the database, but it still won't take. I've tried with an (*) and with titles with no luck.

[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.