Q: Half Star ratings in iTunes 12.5.1 for Windows?
Can't seem to figure out how to get half-stars working again. The old 2008 trick of editing the .xml file after every update has been working until now. I found the .xml file again, but it's really short, only 9 lines. I tried copying and pasting
<key>allow-half-stars</key>
<data>
dHJ1ZQ==
</data>
into it, with no avail. My smart playlists are still recognizing my half-stars, I just can't rate with half-stars or see the half-stars on my songs or albums, just like how the iOS music app has treated half-stars for years.
Has anyone been able to get it working on Windows?
desktop PC, Windows 10
Posted on Sep 15, 2016 8:26 AM
I was cranky about this too, but I found this link: http://www.technipages.com/itunes-enable-half-star-ratings
It was an easy fix -- bring up the Run box, paste in "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe" /setPrefInt allow-half-stars 1 and it was reenabled when I opened it back up. Hope that helps!
Posted on Sep 24, 2016 1:25 PM