Windows 7 'My Music' and 'Music' folder names problem
I recently installed W7 Ultimate, successfully relocated my User folders to second partition (D) and copied all documents, music, videos etc from old hard drive (which used to be labelled D in Vista).
iTunes used to be located at D:\CeeJay\Music, so is now located at D:\Ceejay\My Music - and therefore cannot link library entries to iTunes Music Folders because of differing filepath.
'Right', I thought, "Let's create a folder called D:\CeeJay\Music as well, and move iTunes to that so its filepaths match exactly."
Good idea - but doesn't work in practice because Windows 7 sees D:/Ceejay/Music as the same name as C:/Ceejay/My Music and wants to merge the two folders when I try to create D:/Ceejay/Music.
Any ideas?
Solution 1:
All that needs to be changed, is the location of where iTunes looks. It's quite simple. Follow the steps below.
Change the Location iTunes Folder
- Open iTunes
- Click on Edit on the top menu bar
- Click Preferences
- Click the Advanced icon/tab
- Click the Change... button
- Locate your iTunes folder (See Note)
- Click Select Folder with the iTunes selected
- Click OK
- Let iTunes update its database
- Restart iTunes to confirm
Note: Do not used the iTunes Media folder. Use the iTunes folder instead. Steps are in detail to help both experienced and non-experienced users.