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More => Old Versions => Media Center 16 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: simonmason on November 13, 2011, 10:31:06 am
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On my media server I have a local drive with all of my files in it. I have then mapped a network drive on this machine, and all other machines on my network, pointing to this drive. The local drive is F: and the mapped drive is X:. I do this as I have moved the location of this storage a couple of times over the years and don't want to remap everything. I point MC at X: and it imports the directory fine. I have the default location for music set to X: as well. However, no matter what I do (presumably under the auto-import) it keeps creating duplicates in the library for F:. I can find no reference in the Import or settings to tell it to look in F: but it does it anyway. Is it doing this because X: is a logical map and F: is a physical map? Thanks.
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I have the same problem:
original mapping was to M:\ then Z:\ and now to \\smartstore\musique\
Sometimes I renamed everything \\Smartstore\musique\ then \\smartstore\musique\ abd now I have duplicates in
\\Smartstore\musique\
\\smartstore\musique\ AND
Z:\
Any idea on how to clear this "mess" ??
MediaCenter Version 16.0.181
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@ simonmason
Maybe Windows is playing tricks on you. Instead of making a shared drive from a local resource, you could try and do a 'SUBST' (substitute) command instead.
Open a CMD.EXE window and run the command 'subst w: c:\temp'
In the Explorer you now got an w:-drive showing the files in c:\temp. You could do the same with your shared music folder and the x:-driveletter. This will work on the computer with the files stored on its discs. If you choose to use this workaround, the command should run every time you log on.
@ Flutsch
Why do you use unc-names (network names) if you made a network connection to it ? I would disconnect the z:-drive to check if the problem persists.