No More Templates!!

Hi All!

Due to very little "free" space on my C: drive, I thought that I'd use "disc cleanup" and compress my files on that drive............. Ooops!

I did gain about 30% more space on my C: drive, but when I went to Sonar 6PE to open a new project I realized that all my templates were gone!! I had only 1 template available to me (normal)!
What happened?? Along with the pre-set templates, I had created my own templates in this folder.

How can I get my templates back??

Any help would be appreciated.

Harpo

I thought that I'd use "disc cleanup" and compress my files on that drive

Just another one of those Windows features that you should really stay away from..DAW users

MS didn't build their OS for musicians... compression is a no no when you need performance

ORIGINAL: Honest_Al

How can I get my templates back??

No idea man... I never use stuff such as "disc cleanup"..

AFAIK, disc clean up only flushes out the recycle bin and compresses files that haven't been active in a while. I use it and I haven't been hurt...yet.

I think his problem is that Bill G. says we've all been using the wrong folder structure so he wanted to clean up our act.

I fooled him and moved my settings out of the default SONAR set up three years ago and there they sit right now. Of course there was another copy in that other tree to keep Bill happy..... until I erased them.

I don't know what it does. It makes the file name turn blue. Kind of like what your first girl friend used to do to you. That kind of compression. A little misery but you're soon over it.

The files take a smidge longer to open (so I've been told). But I've never noticed that big a difference. Disk cleanup only futzes with files you haven't used for a while. I can see files that still have thier names in black in the same folder as those in blue.

First of all, have you found the templates? If not, do a search through your hard drives for files ending in *.cwt These are cakewalk template files. Then you need to make sure they are where Sonar expects them. If you go to options/global options/folders tab in Sonar you'll see something that says "Templates: and has a directory next to it. If you're templates are not in the folder, put them there.

ORIGINAL: Harpo

Thanks for the replies, Guy's.

I still, however, lack the information of exactly how to reinstall my Templates to the original folder in order to view them when I need to open a "New" project!

If someone could give me a "step by step" on how to do this exactly, it would make me a very happy Sonar user!!

Thanks for the suggestions on staying away from such "Windows Tools" in the future. I had no idea these could inadvertantly effect Sonar in such a way.

Harpo

You can UNcheck "compress files" in disk clean up

Happy to help!

ORIGINAL: Harpo

Thanks Mick!
Sometimes an exact "blow by blow" description of what needs to be done is extremely helpful for those of us who have yet to experience certain areas of the "Joys of being a Sonar user"!

It worked like a charm!

Peace
Harpo