EDITING ISSUES ?

[Razor]

Not sure if I'm in the right location about this:Or if this a Windows 10 issue.
Anyway, I have this problem: I am editing some music titles, whether they are MP3 or MP4. A list of music or video files might have some errors in the title or it might be in CAP letters or lower case letters or half & half. Example: JOHN BROWN - sing me this song. So I want to edit this song thus: John Brown - Sing Me This Song.

When I go to edit the song correctly and as soon as I release the mouse pointer, it reverts back to the original type. The only way I can over come this is by cutting the title & then repasteing it back. Or if I drag the song to the desktop, edit it & this drag it back into the folder. Any ideas? Thanks............

[jdc2000]

Are we talking about the actual file name here?

Example:
John Brown - Sing Me This Song.mp3

What happens when you right-click on the file name and select Rename? Do the changes to the name stick when you press Enter?

[fink]

It sounds like the music folder might be in use by another program.. maybe as part of a playlist in your playback app. Close whatever you use to play music and try editing again.

[Midknyte]

What app are you using for music? Note that it may be pulling the mp3 tag info, not the physical file name. In that case, you'd need to edit the mp3 tag with something like:
https://www.mp3tag.de/en/

For mp4 files, check the Properties > Details tab. The video title might be getting pulled from that.

[Razor]

You know, for a minute jdc2000, I thought that WOW, why didn't I think of that. So I gave it a try. I had previously Just highlighted the file & re-edited it. But it didn't work (
The files that I am re-editing are on a thumb drive. That way when I have them all organized in a neatly manner, then I install them onto a PC in the living room which is connected to a TV.
For the video files, I use VLC and for the MP3, I use Winamp. That's for playing, of course.
The funny part is that sometimes a particular file will change & yet the next will not. Would there be something in perhaps a folder options that would cause this ?

[Razor]

BTW, I just happened to find a website that has this little tool for capitalizing titles. A bit slow but works. You cut the title, paste it into the tool hit capitalize, the paste it back into your song title.
Still looking for a better solution .............


http://songcase.com

[jdc2000]

So the files that you want to change the names on are on a USB connected flash drive, and you can change the name if you move the file to the Desktop, rename it, and move it back.

The fact that the files are on a USB flash drive might be the issue. It is possible that some other process may be preventing the rename of the file on the flash drive, although that would seem unlikely.

Post the exact sequence of steps that you use when you cut and re-paste the name and it sticks. Are you cutting the name, pasting it into Notepad or some other program, editing it, and then cutting the edited name and pasting it over the existing name?

How many of these files are you needing to rename at any given time?

[Razor]

I haven't tried the notepad trick, but that seems like a good idea also. To use the desktop step, I create a folder on the desktop, cut & paste the whole music file to the folder, edit it & then put it back into the folder that housed the files. If I have a few hundred files, there might be several dozen that I would need to fix. I might get a file (song) that only has the title & not the artist's name, or it might have the artist's name in all caps & the title all lower case. They all play ok, its just that when you open a folder of a certain artist your collecting, it makes for a nice appearance to see everything in a tidy order. Thanks for all the info............


I just now tried using notepad. I copied & pasted a title into notepad, edited it' then highlighted the original title pasted it in & it looked ok till I released the mouse pointer. It then went back to the old title. I then cut & deleted the old title entirely, then pasted in the new one & it held. So either way I do it, I have to first delete bad title completely, then paste in the new title from (edited elsewhere), then it works ....

[jdc2000]

This appears to be a Windows 10 File Explorer issue (bug). The links below may or may not be useful. Possible solutions include using the Command Prompt window and a command line entry, VBA macros (if you have Microsoft Office), and other third-party file rename utilities or Windows File Explorer replacement software.

Links for the REN command:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren_(command)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...s-commands/ren

https://www.howtogeek.com/111859/how...ultiple-files/


Links on the issue and other ideas:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com...10itprogeneral

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...f-f4c4e0976c54

[Razor]

UPDATE..........I just found a way that works! You set your keyboard for capitalizing, then you highlight the letter of the word that you want capitalized, add the capital letter next to the letter to be changed but do not delete the other one at that moment. Unkey the mouse then delete the one in question & it stays.. Example: Tthis is Mmy Ssong Tthat I want to Ffix. As long as you unkey your mouse at each word, then delete the lower case letter, it stays put................

[jdc2000]

OK, if that works, then it is likely a new "feature" (not a bug) that is causing the issue. If you are just changing the case and it doesn't save, then Windows is assuming that the case does not matter and is not changing the names. The links below may be useful:

https://www.howtogeek.com/354220/how...on-windows-10/

https://www.auslogics.com/en/article...-folder-names/

[Midknyte]

The filename just has to differ by 1 character. Make all the changes and add a "1" at the end or something. Then delete the "1".

Ah, jdc2000 just beat me. Ya, it's not considered a change if it's only the letter case.

[Razor]

I tried Midknyte's remedy and it does work. However, I find that if I do not add a space after the 1 , it will not work. It's a good workaround anyway . Thanks for all the help...................

[Midknyte]

You could also add a "z" at the beginning instead. Like I said, the name just has to differ by 1 character.