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[lise]

I have files named c:\music\Artist\Album\Artist-Album-Track#-Title
I want to get rid of the Artist\Album directories.

Do I have to move them (and then manually delete the directories in Explorer) or can I use properties rename?  I've tried the latter, by leaving the directory rule blank, but it didn't work.  Is it supposed to?

[KingSparta]

there is no way to delete the empty dirs

A Way would be to move from lets say all files in

C:\My Music1\

to

C:\My Music2\

and then delete all dirs in "My Music1"

[Callithumpian]

Yes.
Renaming the files, through the properties dialogue, will move the files and create new directories as necessary according to the template that you use.
After the rename and before you hit save, you can check the location field of each file and it shows where MJ is going to put the file and what the new filename will be.
Brilliant! I love it.

However,(i just remembered this) if you use a directory rule, both fields must have an entry.  IE- the Base Path must be specified AND a Rule.
If you dont want any sub-directories created under the Base Path for the given files, just specify a dummy rule, something in the tags which is empty - I often use "Custom1". Because it is empty the files are just moved to the Base Path.

The rule field for Directories could be left blank up to about 80160 and it would still work, but no longer.
Maybe I should post it as a bug - oops, I just did!

As the King says, empty directories get left behind, which is a hassle but I don't think it should be part of MJ duties to address that.

[KingSparta]

>>As the King says, empty directories get left behind, which is a hassle but I don't think it should be part of MJ duties to address that
well, that is debatable

Or you could think it like this

If MJ created it MJ should remove it when no longer needed, when the last file in the dir is Moved or Deleted

[lise]

Thanks King & Callithumpian.

>The rule field for Directories could be left blank up to about 80160 and it would still work, but no longer. Maybe I should post it as a bug - oops, I just did!

This is exactly what I was after.  I was trying to rename the files by having a base path, but an empty directory rule, thinking the files would be saved in the base directory, rather than in the Artist\Album directories.  You are right--you can't do it anymore.  Definitely a bug.