by dasein47 » Thu Jul 04, 2019 4:55 pm
BACKGROUND INFO:
I am in the process of moving software from one desktop to another (so same OS installed - Win10 - but everything will be on a new HD).
I have run into this problem while trying to do the "Moving MM to a new computer" located here on this forum/site. My version of MM is 4.1.6.1736 Gold.
I follow all the steps in that document to the letter -synchronizing tags, (even optimizing db quick), moving media files with same folder/filename onto the new drive in new desktop, copying database files, copying MediaMonkey.ini files and the Registry entry fro HKEY_Current_User/Software/Mediamonkey, installing MediaMonkey and successfully re-registering it to me on the new desktop.
Once I launch the program, my library appears there but grayed out , which is to be expected since I have not yet "Updated the database to point to the correct drive (change driveID yet)", which is the next -and final- step in this process.
ISSUE I'M HAVING:
The problem is this: the database there is NOT the most recent one that I copied from the old computer. It is out of date by a lot. When I go to check the DB date and size, it listed as September of 2018 (it is currently July 2019). This is red-flag odd to me.
I have also noticed that I have 2 DB files in two different locations:
-the first is located where the document says it should be - C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Roaming\MediaMonkey - and is dated 9-14-2018 and is 2,173 kb
-the second is located where the program is installed: C:\Program Files (x86)\MediaMonkey is dated 9-14-2018 and is 68,333 kb.
Thsi is really odd to me because nowhere does it state that C:\Program Files (x86)\MediaMonkey should house the MM.db file, right?
But given how big my library is - 21,000 songs - I assume the second, oddly located one is my db and NOT the one located in AppData\Roaming\MediaMonkey.
But when I open up MM on the new computer, I can see that the library is quite old and does not have music I have put in there for many months. I assume this is because the MM.db is months out of date.
So I think my question is: How do I make sure the db file is up to date?
BACKGROUND INFO:
I am in the process of moving software from one desktop to another (so same OS installed - Win10 - but everything will be on a new HD).
I have run into this problem while trying to do the "Moving MM to a new computer" located here on this forum/site. My version of MM is 4.1.6.1736 Gold.
I follow all the steps in that document to the letter -synchronizing tags, (even optimizing db quick), moving media files with same folder/filename onto the new drive in new desktop, copying database files, copying MediaMonkey.ini files and the Registry entry fro HKEY_Current_User/Software/Mediamonkey, installing MediaMonkey and successfully re-registering it to me on the new desktop.
Once I launch the program, my library appears there but grayed out , which is to be expected since I have not yet "Updated the database to point to the correct drive (change driveID yet)", which is the next -and final- step in this process.
ISSUE I'M HAVING:
The problem is this: the database there is NOT the most recent one that I copied from the old computer. It is out of date by a lot. When I go to check the DB date and size, it listed as September of 2018 (it is currently July 2019). This is red-flag odd to me.
I have also noticed that I have 2 DB files in two different locations:
-the first is located where the document says it should be - C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Roaming\MediaMonkey - and is dated 9-14-2018 and is 2,173 kb
-the second is located where the program is installed: C:\Program Files (x86)\MediaMonkey is dated 9-14-2018 and is 68,333 kb.
Thsi is really odd to me because nowhere does it state that C:\Program Files (x86)\MediaMonkey should house the MM.db file, right?
But given how big my library is - 21,000 songs - I assume the second, oddly located one is my db and NOT the one located in AppData\Roaming\MediaMonkey.
But when I open up MM on the new computer, I can see that the library is quite old and does not have music I have put in there for many months. I assume this is because the MM.db is months out of date.
So I think my question is: How do I make sure the db file is up to date?