mherger wrote:
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> Exactly: full _local_ access. But not to your NAS.
Ahhh ... I understand and will try to tackle that shortly. But why (how)
would this change without me doing anything on that PC? Could a Windows
update be responsible for that? LMS has been working fine and
automatically
for the user that is logged in. The properties for LMS service show Log
On as a Local System account with full control.
Exactly: full _local_ access. But not to your NAS. You'll have to use a
named user who has an account on the NAS, too. Or you make the music
folder on the NAS public (but
mherger wrote:
> Ok, your LMS is running as a service, but most likely as the "service"
> user or some other user who doesn't have access to the network share.
Thanks for sticking with this.
UAC is disabled on that PC. The mapped/shared drive appears in file
explorer and the properties of
Hmmm ... I just did and when clicking on the 'browse' button, the dialog
that comes up does not show the mapped drive (Z:\Music_Files) nor does
it show the network.
Ok, your LMS is running as a service, but most likely as the "service"
user or some other user who doesn't have access to the
mherger wrote:
> have you tried using the web UI instead of the control panel?
Hmmm ... I just did and when clicking on the 'browse' button, the dialog
that comes up does not show the mapped drive (Z:\Music_Files) nor does
it show the network. So I can't even drill down to
Unfortunately that did not work. I changed both the media folder and the
playlist folder to the complete path on the other PC. And the scan did
the same thing as previously. Once I close the control panel GUI and
reopen it the changed paths are back to what they were (Z:\Music_Files,
have you
Thanks for the reply, Paul.
Unfortunately that did not work. I changed both the media folder and the
playlist folder to the complete path on the other PC. And the scan did
the same thing as previously. Once I close the control panel GUI and
reopen it the changed paths are back to what they were
If your LMS is running as a service on Windows it will not be able to
access a mapped drive such as Z:
That might be why it disappears.
If you are using that then try changing it to the full path
\\phred\phred_Z_faux-nas\Music_Files
Paul Webster
author of \"now playing\" plugins covering
I've been running LMS 8.2.1 - 1644703015 since mid-February on a Windows
10 Pro PC with no problems until today.
LMS does a scheduled scan of my media and playlists at 6pm daily. Today
I noticed that while it had run, there was no media accessible on my
Touch or Radio. I opened up the LMS GUI
