Hi Mastrid and Peter IK
Thanks to both of you for the replies, I appreciate it.
PeterIK – I've already used the file path workaround as I described at the start of the first post – I extracted the zipped content to my desktop, moved the contents to a folder on my desktop, then ran the installer for each part from there to the default location. That worked for 15 of the 16 sound content libraries. However Part 1 of 16 refuses to install. What Mastrid is referring to is a different issue – that of running the installer from such a desktop folder location.
Mastrid – Thanks for the advice – but I've tried a number of different file destinations for the installation of 1of 16 with very short addresses as you recommended, and none of them are working. Getting the same installation failed message.
Now I have a new problem. I'm working on a new tune using Miro 2, Superior Drummer 2 and Kontakt. I was successfully using the sound libraries I have installed over the course of about 15 hours on 19 & 20/12/15. I was running 6 tracks of Miro 2 without issues. Earlier today 21/12/15 I came to review my work with fresh ears and when I loaded the project up in my DAW some tracks were randomly refusing to load the samples. I say randomly because I closed and reopened the project many times, including system reboots, and each time a different Miro 2 track would refuse to load it's sample. Now after a few hours of doing that, I cannot load a single sample on either the VST plug-in or the stand alone. I repeat – I cannot load a single sample. Every sound is displaying a 'failed to load instruments' error. However the samples are there in their appropriate file locations on my hard drive. I can see the bloody things but can't load them! Thus the software has ceased to be usable for me.
However I repeatedly opened and closed that project yesterday within the DAW without issue. I updated to 2.0.1 last night but thoroughly tested it before going to bed and all the tracks in the project were playing their samples. However last night I did notice that the odd track was randomly switching samples of it's own accord - for example, my solo violin multi would suddenly become a pizz solo violin while I was working on the drum midi.
I'm getting quite frustrated with Miroslav Philharmonik 2. The samples are really very good but the number of problems I'm encountering in just getting the dang thing to work - like all my other plug-in instruments do effortlessly - is really getting in the way of both my enjoyment and creativity. At the moment I cannot recommend this product.
Am I going to have to re-download and re-install the whole thing again?