win 8.1 file access issues (solution)

[daniel clark]

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:evil: does any one have info on win 8.1 ,, restored files off of a wd passport from old computer (vista) , got my music to play ,,unable to access my pictures and vids ,, ,when go to try to play/open/preview its saying dosent have rights to use files ,, since i am the only user on the computer this makes no sence anyone come across this issue

[HawnSolo]

I'm not currently on my windows 8.1 machine, but one thing I could think that may help your issue, is to make sure that the files or drive are not write protected. I found this link: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-fix ... usb-stick/

Hope that's helpful!

[daniel clark]

thanks for the reply hannes ,, the files were backed up on a wd passport,,and hopefully restored to my new computer ,, having issues mainly with the saved pic and videos ,, still going around in circles ,, havent gotten rid of the old hard drive yet but recovery of that might be iffiey due to the in op of that systemno major disaster since 99 % of my music files are usable ,, let me know if you think of any thing else ,, tried to remove the read only to see if that works ,, still going in circles

[daniel clark]

quick
where does mixvibes Cross store the MIDI mapings files and also the keyboard mappings ,, back up files didnt restore thease to the software ,,MIDI file is not a major issue can get thease from the fourm ,,keyboard is since i eddited and stored it in the software ,,

[FigDJ]

:cool: quick
where does mixvibes Cross store the MIDI mapings files and also the keyboard mappings ,, back up files didnt restore thease to the software ,,MIDI file is not a major issue can get thease from the fourm ,,keyboard is since i eddited and stored it in the software ,,

Daniel

For Cross and CrossDJ 3.0 in Windows 8.1 the MIDI files are in

C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\Mixvibes\Controllers\
Keyboard\
for the keyboard map and in
C:\Users\"user name"\AppData\Roaming\Mixvibes\Controllers\
MIDI
for the controllers

If using Cross 2.6
C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\Mixvibes\Cross\Controllers\
Keyboard\
for the keyboard map and in
C:\Users\"user name"\AppData\Roaming\Mixvibes\Cross\Controllers\
MIDI
for the controllers

If using CrossDJ 2.6
C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\Mixvibes\CrossDj\Controllers\Keyboard\
for the keyboard map and in
C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\Mixvibes\CrossDj\Controllers\MIDI
for the controllers

In all cases username is the name of your account in windows
My user name is Victor yours might be Daniel that's why I listed that part in quotation marks.

[RoJeC]

File rights in W8 (think 7 to) are somewhat different. Just like admin rights are little less than in Vista (you will run into this..). Super admin exists as well...

For the files you likely have to change user rights to the folders/files. Goto root-foldername of your concerning files in Explorer. Right click. Properties | security

Play around there. Been a while I used that when starting with 8. Likely a username for the files is inherited from the backup. Try making other owner, so the 'user' can be removed. Second option/to do is to provide access rights to your user/group.

As you experienced it has nothing to do with the 'classic' read rights; the new method is more powerful... Helps preventing malware, getting nightmares, cursing, and several other advantages...(they say).
Good news is that once setup you likely do not have this much more.

[daniel clark]

all indications is that it is a difference some where in the files backed up ,,i think the music files came avaible when i checked run media player as admin ,,,,but it only plays the music not the vids ,,strange is that pic and vids imported now are sitting along side the same files that i cant use ,,(pic imported off of sd card from camera and similiar vids downloaded from net ,,gonna check with wd support for info ,,durring the day ,,maybe they have come across this issue ,,cause the win support is long a drawn out thanks for the help rojec ,,

[daniel clark]

talked to wd support ,, ultimite solution was to go in to the files stored on backup drive and drag and drop the files in correct folders ,,after deleting already /not able to access files
so i am dragging till i drop