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nianrakluz   11-05-2009 at 12:34:20 PM

Hi. I have to reformat my computer. But before that i need to backup all my song ratings in Windows Media Player. Suggestion for backing up the database in XP is not applicable in win7 as the 'application data' folder is not accessible.

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C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player
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mi1ez   11-05-2009 at 01:12:27 PM

It should be. Have set view hidden files and folders and are you logged on with admin account?

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nianrakluz   11-05-2009 at 01:39:48 PM

mi1ez wrote :

It should be. Have set view hidden files and folders and are you logged on with admin account?



Well.. I'm the only user of my pc. There is no other user account. My account status shows that i'm the administrator. I can view the file. It just that 'access is denied'. Still think the problem is with my user account?

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mi1ez   11-05-2009 at 02:06:09 PM

IT's probably owned by the "user" system.

you need to take ownership of it.

run cmd as admin
type in

takeown /r /f c:\...\...(wherever the file/containing folder is) <return>
icscls c:\...\...(as before) /grant <username>:(f) <return>

Now navigate to the file/folder right click and go into security and edit. give yourself full access. you should now be able to do what you want with it.

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nianrakluz   11-05-2009 at 06:03:45 PM

ok. i think i did what you've told.
i've typed these things into the command line:

takeown /r /f C:\ProgramData\Application Data <return> icscls C:\ProgramData\Application Data /grant <***> <return>

and then i could open that 'application folder'.
a weird thing happened then. the 'application data' folder seems exactly like the 'program data' folder, containing another 'application data' folder. If i keep opening 'app data' folder, the file path will be:

C:\ProgramData\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data

Am i looking in the right place here? I just want the wmp database file. I can find 'wmp' folder in under 'program files' but not sure which file to backup.


Message edited by nianrakluz on 11-05-2009 at 06:07:33 PM
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tmike   11-06-2009 at 11:18:19 PM
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C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player

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nianrakluz   11-07-2009 at 04:53:18 AM

:) Found it. Thanks tmike. and mi1ez too.

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