# Traktor root folder issue **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 15, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/traktor-root-folder-issue/19843 "2011-02-15T15:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StephanV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@StephanV](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/StephanV)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/traktor-root-folder-issue/19843/1 "2011-02-15T15:54:40Z")
**Traktor root folder issue** Oi folks, I got this nasty little problem that I can’t get rid off. Just switched to a new laptop (Windows), and I kinda messed up with importing my old Traktor library. I just backed up all my old files and completely imported the traktor settings.ini file, but I forgot that I didn’t partition my hard drive like on my old computer: now Traktor doesn’t boot with the following message: "Could not initialize Traktor with root directory set to …‘’ Problem is, after reinstalling a couple of times, having cleaned my registry and searched for all possible traktor settings.ini files (I did mess around a little while trying to fix it) and deleting them, the damn problem just won’t go away. Anyone got a clue on how to fix this? I’m about to do a clean install just to get rid of it all but I rather fix it in a less drastic way. Thanks for all your help, Stéphan ---
**Author:** ![padi\_04](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/padi_04/32/56291_2.png) [@padi\_04](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/padi_04)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/traktor-root-folder-issue/19843/2 "2011-02-15T16:08:50Z")
Did you assing the new location in Traktor’s preferences? Unless you change that it will keep looking in the old spot. ---
**Author:** ![StephanV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@StephanV](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/StephanV)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/traktor-root-folder-issue/19843/3 "2011-02-15T16:12:18Z")
Problem is, I can’t run Traktor no more, it just won’t open. ---
**Author:** ![BradCee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/bradcee/32/14017_2.png) [@BradCee](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/BradCee)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/traktor-root-folder-issue/19843/4 "2011-02-15T16:12:24Z")
change the drive letter in disk management to same as traktor used to be in… ---
**Author:** ![StephanV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@StephanV](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/StephanV)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/traktor-root-folder-issue/19843/5 "2011-02-15T16:23:18Z")
I’m not even sure if it’s possible, but changing the drive letter of the partition where my OS is installed doesn’t sound like a smart move to me. I could create an extra partition indeed, but my HDD is a bit small so I rather keep it in 1 partition. I’m just puzzled where Traktor keeps on finding that wrong root folder, I literally deleted everything I could find… ---
**Author:** ![BradCee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/bradcee/32/14017_2.png) [@BradCee](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/BradCee)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/traktor-root-folder-issue/19843/6 "2011-02-15T16:31:56Z")
isn’t the letter listed in the .ini file? change it there. also did you change os? ---
**Author:** ![StephanV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@StephanV](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/StephanV)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/traktor-root-folder-issue/19843/7 "2011-02-15T16:40:58Z")
There’s no .ini file anymore - or at least I (and Windows) can’t find any. Some googling told me to delete it so Traktor would automatically create a new one. I didn’t change OS, from Win7 to Win7. ---
**Author:** ![BradCee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/bradcee/32/14017_2.png) [@BradCee](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/BradCee)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/traktor-root-folder-issue/19843/8 "2011-02-15T16:49:10Z")
looks like you’ll need a clean install… did you back up collection.nml files? ---
**Author:** ![Karlos\_Santos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/karlos_santos/32/13263_2.png) [@Karlos\_Santos](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Karlos_Santos)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/traktor-root-folder-issue/19843/9 "2011-02-15T16:50:42Z")
[im no PC guy so take this as an educated guess from a Mac guy] In the registry go to: HKEY\_CURRENT\_USER\Software\Native Instruments\TRAKTOR PRO Right click the entry “TRAKTOR PRO” in the list and delete it. ---
**Author:** ![StephanV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@StephanV](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/StephanV)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/traktor-root-folder-issue/19843/10 "2011-02-15T17:06:30Z")
> [@Karlos\_Santos](#): > > [im no PC guy so take this as an educated guess from a Mac guy] > > In the registry go to: > > HKEY\_CURRENT\_USER\Software\Native Instruments\TRAKTOR PRO > > Right click the entry “TRAKTOR PRO” in the list and delete it. You sir, are my hero. All good now, thanks a lot. Weird this hadn’t been fixed already though, I had already ran a regcleaner and done a couple of manual searches in it too, but hey, all good now. Thanks again! ---
**Author:** ![Karlos\_Santos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/karlos_santos/32/13263_2.png) [@Karlos\_Santos](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Karlos_Santos)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/traktor-root-folder-issue/19843/11 "2011-02-15T17:13:21Z")
Excellent… glad to help mate. ---
**Author:** ![rjfermin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@rjfermin](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/rjfermin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/traktor-root-folder-issue/19843/12 "2011-03-13T08:30:30Z")
> [@Karlos\_Santos](#): > > [im no PC guy so take this as an educated guess from a Mac guy] > > In the registry go to: > > HKEY\_CURRENT\_USER\Software\Native Instruments\TRAKTOR PRO > > Right click the entry “TRAKTOR PRO” in the list and delete it. Hello Karlos Can you help me? Where do i find “registry” I have the same problem, when i start trakor : message"…could not initialize traktor with root directory…" Thank you for the help