Re: (Solved... I think) -- Re: [Avid-L2] Please Help confirm: Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive

He was referring to the Avid MediaFiles folder that is part of
the program.  It always lives in Users\Public...  It contains files that
MC uses.  If you mess around in there, you can edit things like the
"Media Offline" graphic.

Are you sure that's what he was referring to? The v2020.4 What's New document states: 


Avid MediaFiles Folder Location

With the release of macOS v10.15.x, you cannot write media to the root of the boot drive. Therefore, the default location for the Avid MediaFiles folder has changed with this release. You can now find the Avid MediaFiles folder in the following locations:

• (Windows) drive:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer

• (macOS) /Users/Shared/AvidMediaComposer

If you performed an upgrade and Avid MediaFiles already exists at the root, we will continue to use that location. Also, there is no change for non-system disks. We will continue to use the root for the Avid MediaFiles directory.

When they refer to "you cannot write media to the root of the boot drive", I take that to mean that C:\Avid MediaFiles is no longer an option. So, they fixed it to trick the system into using C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer instead. This is bring parity between Win and Mac systems due to a limitation with Catalina and access to the MacOS boot drive.

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kenton van natten, post-production mercenary

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