{"id":1722443,"date":"2014-02-06T20:55:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T20:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1722443"},"modified":"2017-06-28T16:19:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T16:19:57","slug":"ezdrummer-cannot-find-the-sound-files","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/ezdrummer-cannot-find-the-sound-files\/","title":{"rendered":"EZDrummer cannot find the sound files!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1733344 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2014\/02\/750-EZdrum2upL_detail0-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"EZ Drummer 2\" width=\"250\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2014\/02\/750-EZdrum2upL_detail0-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2014\/02\/750-EZdrum2upL_detail0.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>If you get an error message using <em>EZDrummer<\/em> in a DAW on your Windows computer stating that it cannot find the sound files, it might be due to the fact that you&#8217;re not running your DAW as an administrator.<\/p>\n<p>To run your DAW as an administrator, right click on the application icon and choose <strong>Run as administrator<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you can turn off <strong>User Account Control<\/strong>. To do this, refer to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/mac-pc-optimization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PC optimization guides<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/ezdrummer-does-not-show-up-in-pro-tools-11\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Toontrack EZDrummer does not show up in Pro Tools 11!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-add-instrument-plug-ins-such-as-ezdrummer-in-the-new-garageband-x\/\" target=\"_blank\">How do I add instrument plug-ins (such as EZDrummer) in the new GarageBand X?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-authorize-toontrack-ezdrummer-2-on-an-offline-computer\/\" target=\"_blank\">How do I authorize Toontrack EZDrummer 2 on an offline computer?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/cannot-drag-drop-midi-loops-ez-drummer\/\" target=\"_blank\">I cannot drag and drop MIDI loops in EZ drummer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-drag-and-drop-midi-files-from-ezdrummer-to-my-daw\/\" target=\"_blank\">How do I drag and drop MIDI files from EZDrummer to my DAW?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"tags":[54726,36167,115906,101342,35215,124193,63893,34750],"storecat":[],"itemids":[5228,63976],"manufacturers":[33812],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the EZDrummer cannot find the sound files! page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/ezdrummer-cannot-find-the-sound-files\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EZDrummer cannot find the sound files! - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you get an error message using EZDrummer in a DAW on your Windows computer stating that it cannot find the sound files, it might be due to the fact that you&#8217;re not running your DAW as an administrator. 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