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Is it possible to hide all .als files in the windows explorer? I mean that even if Live creates new .als files they aren't visible? The .asd files are nice and I need them (so I can't turn them off in Live), but they make browsing folders very murky.

I used the search function because I thought this would be commonly required, but I didn't find anything really helpful.

Any hints?

yes, im interested in this too. Im using OSX>

i think ableton should store the als files somewhere else than next right next to the original clip. there should be an als folder deep in the Live program directory. oh and if you move the original clip than Live will update that when you open the clip in Live. and renaming the clips in Live will instantly updat the als files too. the only problem i see is if you rename the files outside of Live.

Try organizing your file list by "Type" (click on the Type column header) in windows explorer.. this will separate the asd files from the wav files

cheers

@Livewire: Yes that would be very helpful. If you rename the WAV outside of Live, you just have to relocate it once. Not that bad I guess...

@astar: Sorting by file type is bad because:
1. asd comes before WAV in the alhabet
2. if you add new wav files (which i do daily), they don't get sorted automatically.

any further hints?

i'll ask in some of the more computer-focussed forums for this...

Well it's a normal file property, so if you could find an utility that does batch processing of that flag you're done.

Meanwhile good old [attrib +h *.asd] should cover it.

edit: attrib also does subdir's and stuff - try [attrib /?] for help.

yeah but if new files are added, they aren't hidden immediately...

True. But if you make a batchfile it's only a click away...

Maybe there's a way to do it automagically with some registry hack too?