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Roy Whitethread:
I took ownership of the Winamp and mp3DirectCut Program files, then opened Properties for both and made sure Users and Administrators had full control, and that solved the mp3 problem in Win 7.

Shane:
Program files is normally locked down by default in vista, 7 and so on.

It is normally best to save your files in your my documents folder or anywhere under your profile. That is the one spot Windows, by default, gives the current user full control.

Is there a reason you are keeping the files inside the program files folder?

Shane

Roy Whitethread:
Shane, firstly the problem has returned, so my "fix" only worked for a very short time. Secondly, I do not keep the .mp3 files I wish to edit in program files, I keep them in a subfolder of Documents. When I save downloaded .mp3 files to that folder I have no problem playing them with Winamp, but the problem occurs when I edit the files with mp3DirectCut, and I cannot then play them unless I take ownership of them first.

Further advice would be appreciated.

Thanks and regards, Roy

Roy Whitethread:
I ran the latest version of WR with Windows 7 running, and that solved the problem, hopefully for good this time.

Julian:

--- Quote from: Roy Whitethread on August 18, 2015, 11:56:33 pm --- I cannot then play them unless I take ownership of them first.

--- End quote ---

sounds like file permission's

--- Quote from: Roy Whitethread on August 19, 2015, 02:37:11 am ---I ran the latest version of WR with Windows 7 running, and that solved the problem, hopefully for good this time.

--- End quote ---


and if you say that the recent wr 3.4.2 fixed it i believe it is because of repair number 2.

but shane is right when he stated this


--- Quote from: Shane on August 18, 2015, 12:50:33 pm ---Program files is normally locked down by default in vista, 7 and so on.

It is normally best to save your files in your my documents folder or anywhere under your profile. That is the one spot Windows, by default, gives the current user full control.

--- End quote ---

What i'm curious though is what the file's permissions were before the repair ran.

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