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Post 16 made on November 30, 2025 at 13:11
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On November 29, 2025 at 05:40, Twelfth Monkey said...
OK - all done and I can copy into that folder without prompts - but the drop-down box only shows the original sound files. Looks like we're at a dead end to me, unless you have any other ideas. Your help has been greatly appreciated.

Did you right-click on the PEP2 icon and say Run as Administrator? I am able to see all my sounds on windows 7. However, I've setup PEP2 to run in a particular way using the Windows Application Compatibility toolkit.

Google for this.
windows sdb file

For Win11, this may help to install sdb files.

[Link: learn.microsoft.com]

I cannot find the toolkit directly on microsoft anymore but here's another link.
[Link: archive.org]
I downloaded and scanned the EXE below for viruses and none were found. This is the version that I use on Windows 7 to create/edit .sdb files and add to the system compatibility database.
[Link: archive.org]


If you email me, I can send you my 3 .sdb files (PEP, PEP2, PSP8) that I created back in 2019 and installed with the Compatibilty Administrator. I set it up to run the ProntoEdit Professional 2.0.exe with a compatibility mode of 'RunAsInvoker'. That artical above on installing .sdb files will likely help you. Note that my .sdb file specifies version 2.4.23.0 of PEP2. If you are running PEP3 or another version, my .sdb files will not help you.

Last edited by Lyndel McGee on November 30, 2025 13:26.
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Post 17 made on July 1, 2026 at 01:26
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Resurrecting this thread.

3 years later after working with Randman and GoPronto to solve the mysteries of installing the editors on Windows 10/11, I finally installed Win10 x64 IOT for my own use.

And I think I found the issue where Sounds are concerned. By doing the following, I'm able to see all sounds that are in the PEP2 Sounds folder in the editor.


After installing, you will want to right-click on C:\Program Data\Philips and go to the Security tab. The easiest fix here is to enable access for All Users as Full Control.

Do the same on the Philips\ProntoEdit Professional 2 folder.

Make sure that you propagate these permissions down to subfolders.

Specifically, I had a report of an install on Windows 10 where when loading a configuration that contained a library, PEP2 would report the file as corrupt and abort loading it. The reason was that PEP2 could not obtain write permission to the folder C:\Program Data\Philip\ProntoEdit Professional 2\Libraries.

Remember, that upon first install, PEP2 is in the Standard Mode and as such you cannot see ProntoScript Libraries or enable any type of ProntoScript in the editor. You must first use Tools->Options to turn on 'Advanced' mode. Beware that when you do this, an error will be thrown. Simply press 'OK' to close the error dialog and continue editing.

Best of Luck. Lyndel

Last edited by Lyndel McGee on July 1, 2026 01:34.
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