Q: iTunes Can't find Music (All of a Sudden)
I did nothing to change ANYTHING on my PC, and now most of my album Art is gone, and iTunes cannot locate the music. Reinstalled iTunes. Need to solve music location issue first.
iTunes THINKS ALL my music is located at: file://localhost/C:/Users/Myname/Music/ but the music is actually located at (the same location that hasn't changed in YEARS) file://C:/Users/Myname/Music.
So somehow "localhost" has been injected into the location. How do I blanket remove this to get iTunes looking where it should?
Posted on Sep 9, 2016 1:36 PM
The proper layout for the iTunes folders is shown in Make a split library portable.
Your active library database will normally be in C:\Users\<Username>\Music\iTunes
The media folder should be inside that as C:\Users\<Username>\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media
Songs are inside that as C:\Users\<Username>\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music\<Artist>\<Album>\## <Name>.<Ext>
If you put the media folders in the right layout, then correct the path to the media folder close iTunes and reopen it should sort itself out.
If it doesn't work then try the get info > locate method to see if iTunes will correct the other broken links.
If that doesn't work use my FindTracks script.
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Posted on Sep 10, 2016 1:01 PM