MP3 Music List - A bit of an odd one......

[iluvmercs]

I've got about 3,000 MP3 files in one folder, and arranged in "Date Modified" so the I'll have my most recent downloads at the top. Trouble is, whenever I go to play some track thats a bit older, the whole folder will refresh itself, putting the old track back at the top. The only thing I have done to the track (on in the folder in general) is play the song - I know it refreshes sometimes when you change a file name.

It never used to do this, and only started after I restored my computer. And it only does it with older tracks. One's I've recently downloaded, don't make the list refresh.

It's rather irritating, as I lose my place in my list, and my song order gets messed up. Any ideas as for how to stop this?
I've tried removing the "Dated Modified" tab, but it still refreshs the list, even when just the basic tabs are there.
I'm running Win XP and have Media Player 10, just in case you need to know.

Any help/advice would be greatly received!

Thanks,

Darren

[ThePassenger]

As you play the files the modified day changes to 'today' so it'll move up the list. Best bet would be to drag the whole lot to a playlist, sort that in to the right order and ignore the files all together.

[twister]

What if you sort using the "Date Created" column instead?

[iluvmercs]

ThePassenger said:

As you play the files the modified day changes to 'today' so it'll move up the list. Best bet would be to drag the whole lot to a playlist, sort that in to the right order and ignore the files all together.

That'd take a VERY long time, plus I just like to pick and choose one song at a time (strange, I know )

ETA: It doesn't do it to all the pre-system restore, older songs though....only some of them

Darren

Edited by iluvmercs on Friday 6th April 18:37

[iluvmercs]

twister said:

What if you sort using the "Date Created" column instead?

I gave that a go, but it believes that all my files pre-system restore, were created on the same day I transferred them back on to the computer

Darren