I recently had a major computer crash, forcing a fresh OS install (Win10 20H2 64bit). I backup every single night, but my computer refused to recognize the emergency boot disk I had created on a thumb drive (EaseUS ToDo backup software), so I was unable to restore the system image … as I said, major crash.
Once I got everything back up and running, I restored my MC library from my data drive, and all was well… or so I thought. I added some music and it refused to import. At first, it looked like it added the 10 new songs (as the total file count increased by 10), but the import summary indicated 0 new files added. When I clicked on import summary details button, there was also nothing. MC turned up nothing when I did a text search. I investigated the usual suspects… confirmed the auto-import drive letters & folders were the same as before, cycled thru the 3 different “Fix Broken Links” choices, and tried various combinations of other import options, all with no luck.
I then deleted an existing album from the sync folder, and ran auto-import - the library updated/decreased correctly. I then added the album back to the sync folder, but it would not re-import. I then tried MC’s “Clear Library” tool, and when I ran import again, it found exactly zero files - empty music library. I restored from my MC backup and got back my pre-crash library, but it simply will not import new files. I can launch the new files directly from Windows Explorer (well… I use Directory Opus actually), and they play just fine in MC, but auto-import appears to be dead in the water (for me).
I am sure this issue is specific to my machine, but I cannot think of what could possibly be driving it. I have never had any issue similar to this over 15 years of MC use, and I have had my fair share of crashes and done 4 or 5 fresh OS reinstalls over that time frame, so I am baffled. I have exhausted my knowledge trying to resolve this, so I am now counting on the collective wisdom of the MC forum legends to help me figure this out.
FYI… this occurred with both MC27.0.079 and .085, and it only fails on music imports - new images and movies import as normal (which are stored on the same Media drive as my music).