Trouble with Files organizing into Folders.

Don't use iTunes then.

Allan

Now I when I go to preferences and under te advanced tab, the "Keep Itunes Media Folder Organized" box is UNCHECKED. And it is still organizing my songs into folders when I add my music to itunes.

Boggan,

On the Advanced tab, there are two check boxes, know as "Keep..." and "Copy..." make sure they are both not checked.

With both of them unchecked, any files you add to iTunes will stay exactly where you put them.

Try it now with one new file. Set those 2 preferences. Put the new file in your "one folder" and then use the iTunes command File > Add File to Library, and you will see how it works. Pls report back.

boggan wrote:

Thanks Ed. That worked. I appreciate the help 🙂

-B

Boggan,

That is good news. Enjoy the music!

Ed

I'm suddenly having this problem also. "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" and "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library" have NEVER been checked.

On March 2, 2012, iTunes updated and now all the songs that were in my Singles folder were renamed and moved into individual Artist folders that never previously existed. I now have 1000s of Artist folders with a single song in each. I also now have 1000s of exclamation marks in front of the songs in my library because iTunes can't find the songs it moved!

I've spent several days reversing what iTunes has done and I'm still not finished. I'm also concerned about the next iTunes update destroying my days and days of work by moving my music again.

How do I prevent iTunes from renaming/moving my music files when I'm not allowing the program to do that in the first place?