Roon Core Nucleus in global read-only metadata state (ref#WMIXBP)

[christos]

Hi! What’s not quite right with Roon?

· None of the above quite fits

None of the above quite fits

· None of these quite match

Tell us what's going on

· My Roon Core (Nucleus) appears to be in a global read‑only metadata state. Album editing is missing for all albums. This persists after a full Core database reset and first‑run setup. Playback works, but album menus match track menus everywhere. Please reset the Core authorization / metadata write permissions.

Tell us about your home network

· rooter is mikrotek r8201 1 UiAS
switch is HP 1410-24G

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

Can you show a screenshot of your Edit menu?

[christos]

[Geoff_Coupe]

This may be being caused by the size and aspect ratio of your Roon screen?

For example, if I set my Roon screen to have a small vertical height, then the menu window is truncated:

Note that the menu is scrollable, so the missing options can be scrolled into view:

If your Roon window is increased in size vertically, do you then see all the menu options?

[christos]

How do you increase the vertical size of the Roon screen ?

[Geoff_Coupe]

What are you running your Roon app on? PC, Mac or tablet?

[christos]

A laptop using windows 11 . The server is a roon titan nucleus

[Geoff_Coupe]

So are you running Roon fullscreen or in a window? And if it’s fullscreen, what’s the resolution and scaling factor that you are using?

And, furthermore - did you check to see whether your menu window was scrollable?

[christos]

i am running it at all recommended settings. With all due respect I don’t thing that this is th esolution. I could see the Edit menu a few days ago.

[mjw (Father! Father! Resist not! Let us destroy the core! Set us free!)]

The display looks small, which is why some functionality isn’t available.

Please confirm the screen resolution.

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

Please just try to scroll in the menu, does that work or not

[christos]

I am using a Lenovo P14S. The recommended (and maximum) resolution is 1900 x 1200. The recommended scale is 150%. I tried a higher scale but without success. Then I asked Chat GPT. The answer I got was the following

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This is a known Roon issue and it’s usually caused by display scaling, not by your monitor actually being too small.

What’s happening

Roon requires a minimum effective resolution of 1280 × 720.
If your operating system uses high DPI / scaling (very common on laptops, 4K monitors, or TVs), Roon may think the resolution is smaller than it really is and refuse to start. [help.roonlabs.com]

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Quick fixes (try in order)

1. Maximize or full‑screen Roon

Sometimes clicking Maximized or Fullscreen in the warning dialog is enough.

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Windows (most common fix)

Fix High‑DPI scaling for Roon only

This is the official Roon-recommended solution: [help.roonlabs.com]

1. Right‑click the Roon shortcut

2. Click Properties

3. Open the Compatibility tab

4. Click Change high DPI settings

5. Enable:

   • Use this setting to fix scaling problems for this program

   • Override high DPI scaling behavior

6. Set scaling performed by: Application

7. Click OK → Apply

8. Restart Roon

This keeps Windows scaling comfortable without breaking Roon.

I tried the first fix and it worked.
Many thanks for your assistance

[benjamin]

Nice work @christos - glad to hear you were able to get things sorted out. Happy listening!