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Removing Ophan entries from iTunes
Hi,
We use iTunes on Windows Vista. We accidentally removed a large number of the underlying music files from explorer, and now when we click on some music to play it in the library or playlists, it says the file is missing and do we want to locate it. This is time consuming and annoying. What processes are available for removing orphaned entries from iTunes?
We use iTunes on Windows Vista. We accidentally removed a large number of the underlying music files from explorer, and now when we click on some music to play it in the library or playlists, it says the file is missing and do we want to locate it. This is time consuming and annoying. What processes are available for removing orphaned entries from iTunes?
xema
One fast and easy way to do it, if you have your music under one folder, is to delete the playlist and adding the folder containig the music.
ASKER
This isn't a solution for me, because the playlists are made up of the songs from lots of different folders. We want to keep the music in the existing folders of 1 cd per folder. Surely there must be a way to remove orphaned entries. I know the Mac has some.
What I meant by "under one folder" is that if you have the music under a "parent" folder it will work
My Music
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
Master of reality
Asia
Alfa
Asia
you just need to import "My Music" folder and all of the "child" folders will be imported
My Music
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
Master of reality
Asia
Alfa
Asia
you just need to import "My Music" folder and all of the "child" folders will be imported
ASKER
Right but won't that destroy all the custom playlists like "90's music" which I painstakingly went through and added from a bunch of different artists and albums?
I won't be so sure about that,
But you can export your playlist as is, do the procedure and if it fails you can import the playlist.
Also by means of third party software you can recover the playlist from your iPod Touch Copy http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/
Will let you get the playlists from your iPod back to your computer.
But you can export your playlist as is, do the procedure and if it fails you can import the playlist.
Also by means of third party software you can recover the playlist from your iPod Touch Copy http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/
Will let you get the playlists from your iPod back to your computer.
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