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2014/12/13 13:59:29 (permalink)

All of the sudden... Resolved, thank you!

I can't drag MIDI or WAV files from the file system to Sonar. Now this is not something I do frequently, so this may have stopped working some time ago, or perhaps there is a setting I need to change?
 
Windows 8.1, Sonar X3e... anyone have suggestions for a fix?
 
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    slartabartfast
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    Re: All of the sudden... 2014/12/13 16:23:42 (permalink)
    Can you drag the same files from one folder to another folder? 
    Can you drag the same files into another application? Is the response different for 32 bit vs 64 bit programs?
    Are you running Sonar as administrator, or under an administrator account? Were the files you are dragging created and saved in the same account you are using to run Sonar now?
     
    Permission issues are common in Win 8. Your program typically runs under the same permissions as the account it was launched from, but it may have been set to always run as administrator. Typically files saved by one user are not fully available to another user or the programs running under the different account.
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    Re: All of the sudden... 2014/12/13 20:04:03 (permalink)
    Can you use the import process to get them in?
     

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    Re: All of the sudden... 2014/12/15 13:45:09 (permalink)
    Please, check if your wave file has a symbol or an accent in the name; I had this problem sometime ago and I found it was the culprit...

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    Re: All of the sudden... 2014/12/15 14:14:21 (permalink)
    I have the same in X3. I can import the files with no problem, but when I try to drag and drop wav files into Sonar i get the red round circle that states not allowed.
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    Re: All of the sudden... 2014/12/15 14:50:03 (permalink)
    Looks like slartabartfast already threw out this possibility, but, whenever I've had this issue, it's because I've been running Sonar as an administrator.

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    Re: All of the sudden... 2014/12/15 14:50:46 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby aghschwabe 2014/12/18 21:12:26
    Running Sonar as Administrator does this for me (which some plugins seem to require).
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    Re: All of the sudden... 2014/12/15 17:44:03 (permalink)
    Or don't run Sonar as Administrator, depends on how you are set up, try both to see which could be at fault. I've heard reports of either way.

    The only reason to run Sonar as Administrator is to register certain plugins, once it is done it is done. There are some legacy plugins that might need permission, and the better way (rather than run as admin) is to allow elevated permissions on their registry settings.
     
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    Re: All of the sudden... 2014/12/15 21:42:29 (permalink)
    This happened to me recently as well. I've been able to drag and drop before, but suddenly I couldn't. I was able to get the file in via "import file" in the menu. 

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    Re: All of the sudden... 2014/12/16 11:54:45 (permalink)
    skitch_84
    This happened to me recently as well. I've been able to drag and drop before, but suddenly I couldn't. I was able to get the file in via "import file" in the menu. 




     I had some files that would appear to drag and drop but the file would not show up in the track. My assumption is that it was the files are these were new files in Sonar's media browser and it needs to scan them first.
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    Re: All of the sudden... 2014/12/17 16:53:14 (permalink)
    Wow gang... thanks for all of that! Not sure why I didn't receive any notice that anyone had responded... I should have known you would, and I should have checked!
     
    I can import audio or MIDI files without a problem, and I do run Sonar as Administrator so that a couple of plug-ins that I really like continue to work. I'm going to have to look into elevating privileges as suggested earlier. In the meantime I will run Sonar as me and see if that fixes things.
     
    At the moment the only plug-in I can think of that requires me to run Sonar as Administrator is Pentagon, but I think I might have the same issue with Session Drummer 3. I'll check both tonight and report back.

    Thanks again all!

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    Re: All of the sudden... 2014/12/17 17:56:08 (permalink)
    Check:
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    I don't think Session drummer will be effected.
     
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    Re: All of the sudden... 2014/12/18 23:34:36 (permalink)
    Thanks to all! It was a privileges issue, I was running Sonar as admin, and that was preventing drag and drop from working properly.
     
    Thus far all plug-ins, except Pentagon, seem to be working properly. At least all the plugins I use regularly are working properly, saving presets, etc.

    I'm about to give that registry edit (link above) a shot to see if that resolves the Pentagon problem.

    And then I think I'll just reinstall Session Drummer - not sure what happened there.

    Thanks again!

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    Re: All of the sudden... RESOLVED! Thanks! 2014/12/19 09:11:10 (permalink)
    And the registry edit restored Pentagon.
     
    I'm down to one or two minor issues now, and then I'll finally have my new DAW where my old DAW was in terms of workflow.
     
    All things considered, the "upgrade" from Win7 to Win8 has proven to be relatively painless. Not as smooth as the upgrade from XP to Win7, but certainly a lot smoother than other upgrades I remember.

    Thanks again for the tips about running as admin and the registry edit.

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