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[stuart4463]

Please may I ask for some advice?

I have all my music files in one folder which MC scans fine. I did a backup/sync of my files which has thrown duplicate music files (in fact triplicate) into that folder. My assumption is that if I remove the back up files this will not remove them from the library?

What is the best way (once I have purged the target folder of duplicates) to rebuild the library omitting the now deleted files

Many thanks

[antenna]

Here is how I approached a similar problem.

For starters, I do it all inside of Media Center.  Its super database engine can help you.   

Note that my directory structure is: 

[Artist]/[Album]/[Track #] [Name]

so that after I do a "Tools>Library Tools>Rename, Move & Copy Files>Rename (moves files if directory changes)"

   (if a pop-up appears about duplicates, give it the OK to proceed.)

any duplicates have a (1) or (2), or ...,  appended to the filename if there are duplicates or triplicates.

With that, I then create a smart playlist that selects upon a filename with a (1) or a (2), or... in it.

That playlist then contains all the duplicates, but it also may contain a random song that happens to have a (1) in the filename, so I double check it carefully.

After I am satisfied that the playlist contains only duplicates, I Ctrl-A to highlight all the files, and delete them.  The pop-up gives me some options, and I select the recycle bin option, just in case.

You may need to adjust the above to fit your environment, but it should give you some manner of a starting point.