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billinrio:
This occurs with both the Windows and the Mac versions of MC28:  a file entitled "Symphonies No. 1 & 2 by MAHLER" shows up whenever I open the program (see attachment).  When I attempt to locate the file the program informs me that it doesn't exist (see attachment).  I delete it, choosing "Remove from Media Library and permanently delete from disk".   It disappears momentarily and then returns just as before.  The longer that I wait to try to eliminate the file, the more iterations of it appear.

jmone:
Weird - but this may work:

1) Create a smartlist that shows everything in the Data Base (~d=a)
2) Locate the problem files and delete them Note: If you add the Column called "FileDBLocation" you will see they are probably in a location called "Removed" so MC still knows about them but has marked them as "Removed".  By deleting from this list, MC will no longer know about them at all.

billinrio:
Thanks very much for replying.  I've never worked with smartlists in MC, and I don't know what you mean by "(~d=a)". But I went to Playlists / New Smartlist, which I selected.  That produced an enormous list of files, none of which correspond to the "persistant" one the subject of the problem.

jmone:
- Right Click on Smartlist --> Add Smartlist 
- Give it a name (like Everything)
- Press Import / Export and type (or paste in) ~d=a
- Press OK, then OK

You should now have a smartlist called "Everything" 

Click on the Smartlist and you will get a very big list of everything in your Database (be careful). 

Find the offending entries and delete them.  Refresh the view.  Try to find the offending entries, if they are still there then delete them a 2nd time.  They should be gone.

billinrio:
Thanks for your admirably clear directions.  I followed them and was able to encounter the offending file.
Unfortunately, it doesn't disappear when I select it and execute the "delete" command, nothing happens. It stubbornly remains.
If I attempt to delete the entry directly above it the program asks if I really want to do so; the same is the case for the entry directly below it.
Very strange, indeed.  I refreshed the list, found the file again and once again it won't delete. So, when I go to my album listing, there it is again under "recent albums" (see attached screenshot).  I can toss it, but long experience tells me it will be back, my unwelcome guest.
I'm at a loss to know what to do.

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