---Strange message "directory not empty" since one week

2018-09-24 08:42:49

Hello,  I have a strange problem

since one week I have this message constantly popping after I move some folders to another location

These are the steps that I do that could be noted:

I have the music folder that I want to move currently in the library, so in other words I see it in foobar already
I click on my usual shortcut to have the "file operation setup" window  (move)
I have this "file name pattern" : %artist%/%date% - %album%\%filename% (this pattern has always been good for me)
+ move entire source + remove empty source folders,    checked

I click on "run"

AND THEN........ "failed: Directory not empty"

There is always one song (mp3) that is still in one of the folders

and this song is still there but it has been moved in the destination folder !
I have to delete the folder manually


Is it because I have it in my library?  (I had it happened before but only when that was the very last folder that was shared in the library so this message appeared because there was supposed to have a folder in the library----this I can understand, but what happens here is not the same, there is some other folders still in the library folder...please help

Re: ---Strange message "directory not empty" since one week

Reply #1 – 2018-09-24 16:39:04

A Process Monitor log would be helpful. Another helpful thing would be to know foobar2000 version and possibly components, if it's foobar2000 that is misbehaving. Process Monitor log of the move operation should show if it's caused by some outside influence or by foobar.

Re: ---Strange message "directory not empty" since one week

Reply #2 – 2018-09-24 23:23:28

Thank you
these are my coponents

Core (2018-07-24 10:54:48 UTC)
    foobar2000 core 1.4
foo_albumlist.dll (2018-07-24 10:54:02 UTC)
    Album List 4.6
foo_cdda.dll (2018-07-24 10:54:04 UTC)
    CD Audio Decoder 3.0
foo_chacon.dll (2016-12-26 05:13:12 UTC)
    Chacon 3
foo_comserver2.dll (2006-07-31 19:13:20 UTC)
    COM Automation server 0.7 alpha 6
foo_converter.dll (2018-07-24 10:54:04 UTC)
    Converter 1.5.3
foo_discogs.dll (2018-09-20 04:43:43 UTC)
    Discogs Tagger 2.14
foo_dop.dll (2011-06-28 17:25:35 UTC)
    iPod manager 0.6.9.7
foo_dsp_bs2b.dll (2009-06-08 16:30:06 UTC)
    bs2b 3.1.0
foo_dsp_eq.dll (2018-07-24 10:53:56 UTC)
    Equalizer 1.2.1
foo_dsp_soundtouch.dll (2018-02-02 08:01:53 UTC)
    SoundTouch DSP 0.1 (SSE)
foo_dsp_std.dll (2018-07-24 10:53:58 UTC)
    Standard DSP Array 1.3.1
foo_facets.dll (2011-08-19 00:06:16 UTC)
    Facets 1.0
foo_fileops.dll (2018-07-24 10:54:00 UTC)
    File Operations 2.3
foo_freedb2.dll (2018-07-24 10:54:14 UTC)
    Online Tagger 0.7
foo_input_dts.dll (2017-09-24 01:12:30 UTC)
    DTS decoder 0.5.3
foo_input_monkey.dll (2016-06-30 04:04:42 UTC)
    Monkey's Audio Decoder 2.1.7
foo_input_sacd.dll (2016-08-01 03:43:48 UTC)
    Super Audio CD Decoder 0.8.4
foo_input_std.dll (2018-07-24 10:54:34 UTC)
    FFmpeg Decoders 3.2.4
    Standard Input Array 1.0
foo_input_tak.dll (2016-08-22 12:09:51 UTC)
    TAK Decoder 0.4.7
foo_rgscan.dll (2018-07-24 10:54:10 UTC)
    ReplayGain Scanner 2.3
foo_run.dll (2016-06-30 04:27:14 UTC)
    Run services 0.3.7
foo_textdisplay.dll (2016-06-30 00:04:14 UTC)
    Text Display UI Element 1.1 beta 1
foo_ui_std.dll (2018-07-24 10:54:14 UTC)
    Default User Interface 0.9.5
foo_uie_albumlist.dll (2017-01-13 19:18:38 UTC)
    Album list panel 0.3.7
foo_uie_biography.dll (2010-12-11 13:47:22 UTC)
    Biography View 0.4.2.4
foo_uie_graphical_browser.dll (2017-01-17 21:51:43 UTC)
    Graphical Browser rev015
foo_uie_panel_splitter.dll (2009-12-09 20:16:12 UTC)
    Panel Stack Splitter 0.3.8.3(alpha)
foo_unpack.dll (2018-07-24 10:54:08 UTC)
    ZIP/GZIP/RAR Reader 1.8
----------------------------------------------------

Foobar version 1.4

process monitor log....I don't know how to make a log that will not be 200meg

Re: ---Strange message "directory not empty" since one week

Reply #3 – 2018-10-08 11:33:21

Sorry for forgetting this topic for a while. You have plenty of components I'm unfamiliar with but sound like they could touch filesystem and cause issues. You could verify if a component is responsible by trying with a fresh portable install. If things work without third-party components then you could find the culprit by disabling components one by one in your main install.

Process Monitor logs compress very well. Even zip can reduce their size dramatically but 7-Zip would do even better.