Mediamonkey suddenly reset itself

[Kalia]

As stated in the title, I woke up this morning to find that mediamonkey has suddenly reset itself, and all of my music, settings, themes etc are completely gone. I did nothing in between using MM perfectly fine last night, and then turning the computer on this morning, only to find everything wiped. Is there anything I can do to get my library back?

[Lowlander]

http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/inde ... eset--lost

Search for MM.DB on the whole PC (include hidden files). That should give you the correct database as well as the one currently in used based on Timestamp and file size.

[_Chris_]

Hi all, on MMG on Windows 7, have been using this for many, many years and have been very happy with it, haven't had any issues with it for quite a while now, but, it all played great a few hours ago, then just a few minutes ago, turned on the laptop, plugged in the ext hard drive with the tracks on it as normal, but MMG has now got a completely different skin and all the playlists gone? Any ideas what on earth is going on please?

[_Chris_]

Hi all, on MMG on Windows 7, have been using this for many, many years and have been very happy with it, haven't had any issues with it for quite a while now, but, it all played great a few hours ago, then just a few minutes ago, turned on the laptop, plugged in the ext hard drive with the tracks on it as normal, but MMG has now got a completely different skin and all the playlists gone? Any ideas what on earth is going on please?

(Thanks for the merge of posts). I would add that it is the Portable version installed.

[Lowlander]

That should be far more stable. Still check to find MM.DB as that's where your Playlists are.

[_Chris_]

But what makes these things happen? I haven't used any utility programs since last using it successfully.

[_Chris_]

OKay, have found 2 MM.DB's - 1 from this morning and 1 from later on. What next?

[Lowlander]

You'll need to use last modified to see which one would be the correct one. Then replace the one currently used with the correct one.

Location of the currently used one may also reveal something about what happened: http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/inde ... -ini-files

[_Chris_]

I know which db is the correct one, but what do I do next please?

[Lowlander]

Like I set copy it to where the currently used database is.Then start MediaMonkey.

[_Chris_]

Like I set copy it to where the currently used database is.Then start MediaMonkey.

I did and still the problem is there.

[Lowlander]

Then you didn't replace the correct database. Open MediaMonkey, add a file to the library, then close. Search the whole PC for MM.DB (enable hidden files and folders in Explorer Options first) and see which has a Date Modified that coincides with this last use of MediaMonkey.

[_Chris_]

I did exactly that and it hasn't worked. Instead, how do I 'point' MMG to the correct database?

[Lowlander]

Then you either didn't copy the correct database or didn't copy it to the correct place.

Alternative: http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/inde ... e-location

[_Chris_]

As clearly mentioned: I did exactly that and it hasn't worked. but thanks, will look on that link.