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removing files from library

whenever i remove files from library, delete them from my computer, etc... they still show up in my library when i re-open foobar! I've tried "rescan media library", etc... but i'm still stuck with nonexistant files throughout my library and browser. Most annoying, of course, is this happens when i move a file from one location to another. it'll register the new location and add a new listing to my library, but the old one will remain after repeated removals from library and rescans of media...

how can i fix this?

removing files from library

Reply #1 –
Slightly related, how can I prevent some folders to be scanned into foobar2000?

I.e. I have a folder called D:\music, within it is a subfolder called D:\music\transcode for nana, how do I prevent the subfolder from being scanned?

removing files from library

Reply #4 –
hmmm, I use albumlist and what I do is right-click on the artist name, "remove dead entries". Every couple of days I do that from "all music" to take care of the ones I missed. But since I'm overly paraniod, whenever I do a complete re-scan, I empty all playlists, delete the database file, restart foobar then scan.

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Actually, no sense in doing a remove dead for all music. Might as well just delete db file and rescan. A remove dead from all music takes as long as doing a fresh scan

removing files from library

Reply #5 –
Would this database file be the one on the Application Data / Foobar folder called database.fpl??

removing files from library

Reply #6 –
I'm having the same problem. All my old MP3's that I've deleted ages ago still appear in the album list!

Scanning for dead tracks works then when I close Foobar and open it again it reverts back to the old list.
 

removing files from library

Reply #8 –
Or you can just empty them before you close down foobar, that way you don't have to recreate them.