Peter,

Thank you for responding.  I will investigate this further.  As it turned out, after I posted my last note, I just left XXHE open with the wheel spinning and after about an hour the directory loaded.  And now the loading is quick.  I do have a music directory that is very large with very deep folder structure.  Wonder if this might be causing a problem.

I'll keep at this.  Thank you again.  Sorry to be wasting time on this.  I have become so used to the XXHE/Phasure sound, that even with this second system (with the Linkwitz LX521), I find it so much better than the Classe SSP-800 and other player front ends.

R.

In the other topic about this (Problem with XXHE not loading directory), you mentioned that even with Explorer you could not access a particular folder. OK, you solved that by changing access rights, but ... WHY ?
So it is probably something in this realm. The OS on that PC is not right or different or ... the OS is just too different (like W11 or a too new 10).

Regards,
Peter

Then I'd rather say it is the PC ?
(but this is a first quick response)

It definitely seems to be this instance of XXHE. I have XXHE installed on two other machines.  I have no issues loading the same music directory that causes a problem with the instance of XXHE on the Mach II.

All,

I suspect I have messed up the XXHE install on the older Mach II machine I have.  I've been using this machine as a second system.  I have problems again with XXHE not loading the music root directory.  I can use the ... buttons on XXHE next to Music Root, and the network folders show up properly.  I am  able to select multiple music roots both on remote servers and locally.  BUT when I hit the "L" button, I just get a blue circle and after a while XXHE title bar goes white with a "...not responding" message.  I've tried everything.  Wondering if I should just try a new install from scratch and remove all previous XXHE related installs.  Wondering how best to go about this.

R.

Confirming that the problem was not with XXHE.  For some reason, the permissions on the music directory folder has been set so I did not have access.  Fixed now.

I activated the second instance of XXHE.  The problem is with the folder on the external drive.  Not an XXHE issue.  For some reason, I am not able to access the folder even with explorer.  I'll figure this one out.

I realize I violated a fundamental guideline by attempting to start the XXHE.exe from two different folders.  Just read the download procedures again.  Essentially I followed scenario (b) by extracting the full .rar file in a new folder.  I'd be happy to get another license and activate the new instance.  This might be the easiest thing to do.  Still not sure why the first instance is unable to load directory.  The circle just spins and spins after I press "L".

I have two machines running XXHE--both have worked fine so far.  One Mach III and one Mach II.  Each machine connected to a NOS1a G3 DAC.  Today all of a sudden XXHE running on the Mach II no longer loads the music directory.  XXHE on the Mach III works fine.  Both instances of XXHE point to the same directory.

I extracted the XXHE .rar again and installed another instance of XXHE on the Mach II.  Probably a bad idea, but wanted to try something.  The new instance of XXHE on the Mach II now loads the music directory BUT it is not activated.

Meanwhile the original instance of XXHE on the Mach II is activated but does not load the music directory.

Not sure why XXHE would not load music directory.  Anything I can try?