Ghost Files

[pitypot]

 I have a large wma library that I only want to use MusicBee to interact with it. When I make changes to folders, the next time i reboot my computer, there are ghost files with ! next to them. I don't why and I don't know how to round up all those dead links to get rid of them enmasse. Thank You.

[OwnDog]

probably moved or renamed those files.

from the toolbar select Tools ==>Tagging Tools ==>Other 'Files to Edit' ==>Show Dead Links then ctrl A  then highlight any or all.

that should save you some time but,

from Toolbar==>Edit==>Preferences==>Library then select and mark the box "Remove Dead Links on Startup"  Apply & Save

Also

From Toolbar==>Rescan/Add files  on the right hand side of window first box "Remove Dead "Links"


hope that helps

[pitypot]

Thank you. That worked. I figured the tools where here to fix it, I just didn't know how to get to them.

[psychonaut25]

None of those three things worked for me.  "Show dead links" yields zero results, despite the fact that I have tons of dead links.

[phred]

When I make changes to folders, the next time i reboot my computer, there are ghost files with ! next to them. I don't why and I don't know how to round up all those dead links to get rid of them enmasse. Thank You.

Assuming the changes to the folders are things like renaming, if you were to do that from within MB, you won't wind up with dead links.

[psychoadept]

None of those three things worked for me.  "Show dead links" yields zero results, despite the fact that I have tons of dead links.

This would happen if the missing files were on a drive that MusicBee can no longer access.  In that case, you might be able to sort by Path to get all those files together.