Windows 10: Clearing out duplicate music files between windows and itunes

I have ended up with what I suspect are many duplicate files in my windows 10 music folder. I have individual folders by artist, plus I have both an iTunes folder (inside of which are individual folders by artist) and an iTunes music folder (inside of which are also some of the same individual folders by artist!) How can I tell which files iTunes is finding and playing, so I can get rid of the duplicates?

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I have duplicated files in itunes, exactly the same piece of music but in two different locations.

Hi,

For us to effectively assist you, kindly provide us the following information below:

• Does this only happen when you are using iTunes?
• Are the music files being duplicated when you try to import songs?
• Have you tried to delete one of the songs and see if it will be affecting the other file of the same title?

Meanwhile, if the duplication process is being triggered by the application. It would be best to contact iTunes support to have them explained the process on why the files are being duplicated.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.

 

Duplicate Music/Photos files on my SD Card

After unsuccessfully trying every other suggested workaround for this issue, the following workaround finally fixed the problem on two wp8 devices for me (Samsung Ativ S and Nokia Lumina 520):

• On wp8 phone, in “Xbox Music + Videos” app go to Settings and Initially turn off both
  “Connect with Xbox Music” and “Xbox Music cloud collection” options. You can turn on those two options at end of this procedure if desired wih no negative side effects.
  
• Transfer the music files to your phone using “Windows Phone for desktop”
  app. I copied all the music that I wanted on my phone, which was a combination of DRM-free personally-owned .mp3 files and Xbox Music Pass DRM-protected .wma files (subscription rental music) to the wp8 phone using
  ‘Windows Phone for desktop’ app. At the end of this process, I had duplicates (or multiple instances) of almost every song in my library. The next step is the one that fixes the problem.
  
• All the credit for this steps goes to David at Labs 7: please follow the exact steps on this page:
  
  http://7labs.heypub.com/mobile/fix-media-library-duplicates-windows-phone-8.html
  
• After following those steps, your phone needs some time (based on your library size) to rebuild its music library file, so give it time until your music starts re-appearing in the
  Xbox Music + Videos app. It took about 1 minute for my 1,800 song library
  
• If you wish, now you can turn on both “Connect with Xbox Music” and
  “Xbox Music cloud collection” options in Settings section in “Xbox Music + Videos” if you’d like to take advantage of those features, I have them both on and there is no duplication as the result of it.

 

Using Windows 10 File Explorer To Back Up iTunes With A Flash Drive


Hi all,

I bought a 128 GB flash drive to back up my entire iTunes playlist using the Windows 10 File Explorer, and I want to confirm the steps I plan to take.....

Go to File Explorer and select Music / iTunes / iTunes Music. Plug in the flash drive. Drag the iTunes Music file to the flash drive.

Correct?