Kontakt 7: file not found please make sure that external drives are connected

Fabianbelh

I use Kontakt 7 on Reaper with some 3rd party libraries (I work on an Apple M2 Max with Ventura 13.5.1). When I open the Kontakt Content Browser I can see all libraries and their banks, however, now when I try to open any of the 3rd party ones I get the following error message: 

“Kontakt 7 file not found please make sure that external drives are connected”

Are there any suggestions on how could I fix this issue and relink the libraries to my external drive?

Fabianbelh

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/93094#Comment_93094

I was able to solve the problem through the following steps:

1- Open the Kontakt 7 stand alone application.

2- Go into Browser view.

3- In the left bottom corner click the settings wheel icon.

4- Select a library that was disconnected and click "Add"

5- Select the correct path towards your external drive.

Afterwards I opened Reaper and all of the libraries were functional once again. Hope that helps!

Jeremy_NI

@Fabianbelh How did you install these third party libraries? Did you use Native Access to activate them, have you followed these steps? Setting Up a Third-Party KONTAKT Library

Did you install the libraries on an external hard drive? What format is that drive? It should be APFS on Mac: Notes on Hard Drive Formats on Mac Computers

And finally make sure that Native Access, Kontakt 7 and your DAW all have full disk access: How to Enable Full Disk Access on macOS

Grace Matthews

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hi there,

I have a similar problem. It said file not found. Please make sure external drives are connected from Kontakt player 7. See attached.

Thank you!

Fabianbelh

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/93094#Comment_93094

I was able to solve the problem through the following steps:

1- Open the Kontakt 7 stand alone application.

2- Go into Browser view.

3- In the left bottom corner click the settings wheel icon.

4- Select a library that was disconnected and click "Add"

5- Select the correct path towards your external drive.

Afterwards I opened Reaper and all of the libraries were functional once again. Hope that helps!

Jeremy_NI

@Fabianbelh Thanks for the detailed solution!