No file details appearing in My Music folder

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Oh dear. You tried renaming them im guessing. Arse.

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have u tried moving one of the fubard folders to a new folder yet?
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i had this problem yesterday , just change the folder View type
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it thinks that the files are a picture album. right click the main directory > properties > customize > use this folder type as template: select documents and tick apply to all sub-folders
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to be more precise its the icon next to the one labelled "folders" called "views" change it from thumbnails to icons and hey presto writing. like i said it happend to me yesterday :D
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but i'm guessing that he wants thumbnails..
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i do want thumbnails, i've always had them before as default but i've only lost the text on them in the last coupla days :(
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Eamonn wrote:it thinks that the files are a picture album. right click the main directory > properties > customize > use this folder type as template: select documents and tick apply to all sub-folders
me not sure i'm following that! have right-clicked My Music, and Properties doesn't have anything like Customize :?:
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yes there should be if you're on XP.. the third tab on the top:

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nope, whatever way i do it i'm not getting the third tab :(
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alright mate, copy all your music into another folder..
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already suggested that
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dammit was hoping it wouldn't come down to that :(
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just move one folder to test it
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have you tried changing the view type yet? you will atleast get the writing back
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