Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Limiting "Avid MediaFile" Folder Creation

It is a long-standing feature request - it should be built-in to the Media
Creation setting.

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:04 AM, blafarm <blafarm@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Vista64 I went to the existing "Avid MediaFiles" folder on the C: drive
> (boot drive) went into Properties > Security > Edited the Everyone Group >
> Deny Full Control. And it worked.
>
> Then I tried the exact same technique on the existing "Avid MediaFiles"
> folder on my non-media D: drive -- and it didn't work. Avid continued to
> think it had access -- and it continued to write renderedr files to that
> volume.
>
> Then I created my own "Avid MediaFiles" folder on the D: drive and followed
> these instructions:
>
>
> http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-lock-and-password-protect-folder-in-vista/
>
> or use this...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yga3dtp
>
> And it worked -- Avid could no longer save to that drive.
>
> Avid had made that suggestion -- but thanks for repeating it.
>
> Call me stubborn, but I still think this functionality should be built into
> the app.
>
>
> With Best Wishes,
Roger Shufflebottom

roger@bottom-line.tv
07973 543660

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