In standard view. Go to Tools>Options>General>Importing & Tagging>Update tags when file info changes.
Yep, checked that....it was ticked.
As far as your playlists, I don't know. The program can have gremlins sometimes. I've lost "last played" a number of times.
again, yep, I thought it was one of those gremlin issues. What confused me on that is that by searching on Explorer and showing hidden folders...ie Applications . I found the actual playlists folder [in several places !]! and they contained an xxx.m3u file, but doesn't appear to link to that and hence open the list of files?
I assume the xxx.m3u file is just that i.e. a link file that lists all the files set up in that playlist.
I thought if there was a way to in effect reignite that link correctly, then the playlist would appear again.
However it may be just as you say "a gremlin"...I blame Walt Disney...lol.
all being said I'll continue to see if anyone has any ideas and keep my fingers crossed.
thank you for your advice.