Q: All songs duplicated on restore -Windows 10
I had iTunes installed on Dell Inspiron running Windows 7 the motherboard fried so I have just replaced it with an Asus core i7 running Windows 10 to which the latest version 12.4.1.6 of iTunes loaded.
I have a backup copy of the iTunes folder and have tried to restore my library to the new PC approx. 13,000 songs.
However when I access iTunes it has duplicated every single song (see below) and of course has also duplicated the memory used. Note each song has 2 entries one is blank and the other entry shows the play count.
I tried to delete the blank items but then I get an ! exclamation mark appearing and a box stating that it is unable to locate the song so had to restore those back from the recycle bin.
How can I restore my iTunes back to its original status with the historic play count, any assistance would be much appreciated.
Finally please note this is not to be confused with the deletion of duplicate songs where users may have downloaded 2 versions of the same song at different times, this duplication has occurred when I have tried to restore to a new laptop.
After 5 hours of trying to work this out any assistance from the iTunes community experts would be greatly appreciated.
Windows 10
Posted on Jun 25, 2016 7:48 AM

