Ableton Live: Error Message
Q:
When I open Ableton Live 8.1.3 it gives a message saying "Cannot load Module
Reverb"?. I am running on Windows 7.
A:
The modules are created automatically when you open the Syntheway VST
instruments.
Well, depending on the installation of your Windows Vista or Windows 7,
it has a high degree of security and that is the problem.
Windows Vista and
Seven won’t let Ableton Live 8.1.3 (or any other VST player program)
automatically create the subdirectory and write to anything in :\Program Files
or \Program Files (x86). ONLY the Administrator can write there.
Now, even if your user is in the Administrator group and considered as an
Administrator, that USER does not have direct permission to write to that
directory. If you run Ableton Live, as ADMINISTRATOR (right click,
run-as), the directories are created and everything works fine.
Just clicking on Ableton to start it, runs Ableton with the USER
security.