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Title: Find and Display all X'd missing library files?
Post by: rickeyjt on December 22, 2009, 04:21:52 pm

My library is a little messed up with renamed files so I have many duplicates that of course cannot be found.  There does not seem to be a way sort and select these X'd marked files so I can delete them from the library.  I want to select them so I can verify against existing library files before deleting.

Title: Re: Find and Display all X'd missing library files?
Post by: JimH on December 22, 2009, 04:29:57 pm

You could sort by file location.

Title: Re: Find and Display all X'd missing library files?
Post by: Alex B on December 22, 2009, 04:50:03 pm

The search rule [=IsMissing([Filename])]=1 can list all missing files.

You could do the following:

- Create a smartlist that uses the rule
- Set MC to Split View (View > Split View > Show 2 Views - rows or columns)
- View the smartlist in one split and your library in the other split (in a list view mode) so that you can compare the lists.

Title: Re: Find and Display all X'd missing library files?
Post by: rickeyjt on December 22, 2009, 05:32:40 pm

Thanks for the syntax to at least list them.  I would be nice to have the selection stick and then clear out the search criteria to do what I want.

Title: Re: Find and Display all X'd missing library files?
Post by: Alex B on December 22, 2009, 06:01:04 pm

Alternatively you could use the search string in Quick Search (Ctrl+Q):

(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd212/AB2K/MC/quicksearch.png)

Title: Re: Find and Display all X'd missing library files?
Post by: rickeyjt on December 22, 2009, 09:20:08 pm

That will do!