I did some experimenting with this by moving some files to another directory via windows explorer, then openning MC (at which time the files have little red "x" icons.) I do a "find and replace" of the path so that the file will have the correct path, and while it does seem to work, I get a message when I do this saying that MC "failed to update" the file in question. As I said, it seems to work okay, but I don't understand the message -- if it "failed to update" the file, then why does the file now have the normal icon, and why does it play okay?
It seems like MC is saying that the file in the previous location -- which no longer exists in that location -- failed to update, which makes sense since it no longer exists. However, this feels like a bit of a kluge given the error message, so I'm wondering if this is truly the best way to accomplish this task (i.e. getting MC to see the files in a new location.)
I just want to do this correctly and not end up with some weird issues down the road. Is this REALLY the best method of doing this? Would it be better to just do a new import and let MC find all the new files in the new location? It would be a big import (i.e. thousands of files) but I'm wondering if it wouldn't be a "cleaner" way to to do it. I'm honestly not "arguing" with the other suggestions -- I'm simply looking for the "best" method of doing this. Does anybody know if there is an "official" stance from MC on this?
Thanks again for any opinions or assistance with this,
Larry