iTunes Library keeps defaulting to C: drive

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iTunes Library keeps defaulting to C: drive

Hi all

I want to set my iTunes Library to a folder on a secondary hard drive (E:) as that is where all of my music files are stored. I can do this through Edit > Preferences > Advanced > iTunes Media folder location and selecting the relevant folder on my E: drive.

However every time I close and reopen iTunes this setting seems to have defaulted back to an iTunes Media folder on my C: drive (which contains none of my music).

Is there something I'm missing or is it not possible to actually have the Library sitting on a drive other than C:?

I'm using the latest version of iTunes on Windows 10.

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Posted on Mar 21, 2023 02:06 AM

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the fiend

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Mar 21, 2023 05:34 AM in response to Blind_Guardian

Blind_Guardian wrote:

Is there something I'm missing or is it not possible to actually have the Library sitting on a drive other than C:?

Neither.

There's a bug (even if Apple don't call it a bug) that causes some machines to go back to a previous drive each time iTunes is started. In my case, it returns to the iTunes/Previous Music Libraries folder. It's very irritating, especially when I forget to check before ripping a CD and I therefore have the new album in an inappropriate folder.

The issue has been ongoing for sometime and it doesn't look as though Apple is in a rush to fix it.

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turingtest2

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Mar 24, 2023 10:54 AM in response to Blind_Guardian

There is a bug in recent builds of iTunes (actually I think it is now 4 years old!) that, at least for some users, seems to stop the media folder preference from being saved properly. See Make a split library portable - Apple Community and put your library in a shape that isn't affected by the issue, and is easier to backup and move around in future.

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