Can not rename media files in explorer window

darg wrote on 4/11/2009, 2:42 PM
Hi Guys,

after battling Vista 64 and giving up on it and going completely back for good to XP I set up my system completely new.
I installed a fresh XP32Bit and everything is running fine BUT I can't rename my media files in the explorer window of VP8.0. Before I could do this during/after preview and sorting out takes in the explorer window without having any files in the TL but the new setup does not allow me to do it. The error message is something about the file is in use by another program or person?! Hello Bill, I'm the only one on the machine and I have nothing else running which access the files!!!!
Unfortunatly I used a different installation CD for XP which contained SP3 and I wunder if SP3 is handling certain policies differently. Before my XP was setup by an very old SP1 version and a lot of downloading of updates. I never had the full package of SP3, only the important updates but not the fancy crap around it. Is this my problem?
I also suspected the Sony Media Manager which came with Acid Pro but after deinstalling it it's still the same.

Thanks

Axel

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farss wrote on 4/11/2009, 3:19 PM
Vegas itself has the files open.
In the Vegas options you can tell Vegas to release the files when it looses focus. Then Windows will not see the files as locked.

Bob.
darg wrote on 4/11/2009, 3:30 PM
No, that is activated and it's not working.
I have to mention that it is only with some certain files which I imported from a DVD camcorder by running the DVD in my drive. I checked already the security options for these files and gave my account full control. I can change the names in WIndows Explorer but not in Vegas. Looks like that Windows has still a finger on them but I can't figure it out.
I can do renaming of my old M2T files which are already longer on the drive and newly captured files which I imported today. So it is limited to certain files coming from a DVD camcorder.

Axel
farss wrote on 4/11/2009, 4:35 PM
Did you try Zapping the project media pool?
Not running later versions of Nero?

"So it is limited to certain files coming from a DVD camcorder."

Possibly they're flagged Read Only.


Sorry, I'm not really much help, one of those issues we probably need to be sitting in front of your PC to really help with otherwise it's like an Easter Egg hunt :)

Bob.