Need to remove missing files from iTunes.

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Need to remove missing files from iTunes.

Hello,

I deleted alot of music files from my drive today because many of the files were corrupted when transferred from my iPod directly into iTunes (using a utility I found on the web) so I removed them from Windows Explorer.

Now I'd like to clear iTunes of all the missing files. They all have an exclamation mark next to them in the far left side, but I can't see a way to sort by this or filter just the missing ones. If they were all missing I could just delete them all, but that's not the case.

I tried the Consolidate function, but that didn't remove them. Is there an easy way to do tidy up my library?

Thanks,

Jeff

2.4ghz Dell XPS 1530 notebook, Windows Vista

Posted on Sep 14, 2008 9:37 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 22, 2008 9:13 AM in response to Jeff Ingram

BUMP. I have this same problem. I'd like to easily delete from iTunes all the songs that are no longer on my hard drive. Can someone please tell me how? Thanks!

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Answer 2

Sep 22, 2008 9:34 AM in response to Jeff Ingram

You can either 1) build some smart playlists, or 2) use a script, or 3) Use some other software (like iTSfv, see below)

The first method is outlined here:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5696793#5696793

There are a few scripts out there that will do it, here's mine:
http://home.comcast.net/~teridon73/itunesscripts/itunesremovenotfound.vbs

Save it to you desktop (or wherever), then double-click it to run it.

This software has a "Validate Library" function to remove dead tracks:
http://itsfv.sourceforge.net/

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