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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: daven on April 15, 2003, 08:33:43 am

Title: renaming files
Post by: daven on April 15, 2003, 08:33:43 am

after importing a file into mc and quiting the program i cannot rename the file outside of mc.  when i try to do so i get a message that the file is in use even though mc is no longer running.

also, is there an easy way to rename a file from within media center other than changing the name tag and then renaming the file according to tags?

Title: Re: renaming files
Post by: JimH on April 15, 2003, 08:40:14 am

The file may be read-only.  I've seen this when I copied data files from CD's.

Title: Re: renaming files
Post by: KingSparta on April 15, 2003, 08:47:45 am

>> also, is there an easy way to rename
>> a file from within media center
yes simply fo to the file name field, and type in the file name you want, it will change on the hard drive (as jimh said it must not be write protected)

I just tested it so i know it works.

Title: Re: renaming files
Post by: nila on April 15, 2003, 08:54:55 am

Obviously it'd be easier if there was a field for just the filename and one for the folder name (not at all hinting for any features for v9.1) :)

Title: Re: renaming files
Post by: zevele10 on April 15, 2003, 03:22:31 pm

JimH is right:
All songs you copy to your hard drive from a cd with mp3 on it are 'read only'

Title: Re: renaming files
Post by: NoCodeUK on April 15, 2003, 03:31:53 pm

I have had a similar problem to this in the past where I have been unable to delete files associated with MC even when MC is not running.  These were video files.  The only way I could delete them was through MCs My Computer node.  Explorer always told me the file was in use...

Very strange!!

Adam

Title: Re: renaming files
Post by: Omni on April 15, 2003, 03:34:00 pm

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i get a message that the file is in use even though mc is no longer running.

That just means MC failed to properly release the file handle once it was done with it.  In other words, it didn't close the file.

Usually, the only remedy is to reboot Windows.

Omni

Edit:  This could be independent of MC.  Windows Explorer, even in the latest, fully patched OS, is notorious for opening audio files and not properly closing them even though you moved on to another directory.

Title: Re: renaming files
Post by: KingSparta on April 15, 2003, 03:39:28 pm

>> That just means MC failed to properly release the file
thats is assuming MC9 opened it

Title: Re: renaming files
Post by: NoCodeUK on April 15, 2003, 04:10:57 pm

With mine just MC being associated with it seemed to be enough!!