RSS vista problem

[whipper]

Hi

I'm a newbie to XBMC and this forum so please be gentle. I've tried to change the RSS feed in xbmc running in Vista but keep getting this error.

Cannot create C:\Programme Files\XBMC\userdata\Rssfeeds.xml file

Am I doing something wrong? I've searched the forum and read the online manual again but can't see what i'm doing wrong.

Any help will be appreciated

[frumpy_uk]

Hi, and welcome.

You should use notepad to edit the RssFeeds.xml file.

This file should already be in /Users/<<your username>>/Application Data/XBMC/userdata.

Read more here : http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=RssFeeds.xml

Front page for the xbmc manual is here : http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=XBMC_Online_Manual

Good luck. :;):

[WiSo]

start xbmc.exe with -p. This will save all user data to your profile dir where XBMC is allowed to store data.
The installer creates such a link but I assume you're running vista as restricted user and therefore the installer wasn't able to create the link.

[whipper]

Hi, and welcome.

You should use notepad to edit the RssFeeds.xml file.

This file should already be in /Users/<<your username>>/Application Data/XBMC/userdata.

Read more here : http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=RssFeeds.xml

Front page for the xbmc manual is here : http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=XBMC_Online_Manual

Good luck. :;):

Thanks

I've followed the steps from the online manual. Never used notepad though seems to open in xml editor but i'll give it a try

Tried notepad didn't work?!

[whipper]

start xbmc.exe with -p. This will save all user data to your profile dir where XBMC is allowed to store data.
The installer creates such a link but I assume you're running vista as restricted user and therefore the installer wasn't able to create the link.

Sorry not only am I a newbie but it seems i'm not that bright either!:sniffle:
What do you mean by start ebmc.exe with -p?

[whipper]

Ok so with a lot of looking around I found XBMC.exe does start with -p in both full screen -fs -p and windowed -p

I'm still stuck though I can't change the rss in vista it won't allow me to save the changes i keep getting the same error

Cannot create C:\Programme Files\XBMC\userdata\Rssfeeds.xml file

I've tried opening it in notepad, xml editor but can't seem to win. I have read the online manual more than once to see if I've missed something but can't find anything?

Even a small change, deleting a letter and replacing it, gives the same error.

Its obviously a vista problem. Has anybody else had this problem? How did you get around it?

[Jester]

Ok so with a lot of looking around I found XBMC.exe does start with -p in both full screen -fs -p and windowed -p

I'm still stuck though I can't change the rss in vista it won't allow me to save the changes i keep getting the same error

Cannot create C:\Programme Files\XBMC\userdata\Rssfeeds.xml file

I've tried opening it in notepad, xml editor but can't seem to win. I have read the online manual more than once to see if I've missed something but can't find anything?

Even a small change, deleting a letter and replacing it, gives the same error.

Its obviously a vista problem. Has anybody else had this problem? How did you get around it?


if you would have read the above post correctly you would have known that you should NOT use the c:\program files etc location but following:

C:\Users\Jester\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata

Replace Jester with your own username

[whipper]

if you would have read the above post correctly you would have known that you should NOT use the c:\program files etc location but following:

C:\Users\Jester\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata

Replace Jester with your own username

Sorry I obviously didn't understand correctly. I am the only user on this PC and expected everything to run as administrator. I did also say I wasn't that bright!:shocked:

Thank you for your help. I can change it now and i've learnt something new.

I'll try keep my stupid questions to a minimum!:sad:

[fanclub]

vista has changed the way the administrator account works... even though your account has administrator rights, you still need to manually run things as administrator (via the right click menu) to enable full access

alternatively you can disable UAC to return things back to the way they were for XP administrators - google for this