Hello. I know that using slashes in the format string can create folders, this is not about that. Expected behaviour: Using a format string that does not include any slashes renames files in place, no moving takes place, no folders are created. Observed behaviour: If any of the parent folders s…

See here: [image] MP3Tag does not handle paths with a space before a folder name Support Original path: X:\Music\Collection\Video Game\Nintendo\ Exclusives\Custom Robo Battle Revolution Original Soundtrack Volume 1 After tagging/renaming: X:\Music\Collection\Video Game\…

Maybe this Microsoft page helps too to understand File and Folder names that begin or end with the ASCII Space (0x20) will be saved without these characters. File and Folder names that end with the ASCII Period (0x2E) character will also be saved without this character. All other trailing or lea…

Thanks for the link. While I can understand Microsoft's position on the issue, their implementation is inconsistent and it actually makes thing worse for everybody. For example, if I use Windows Explorer to rename a file in the aforementioned D:/Downloads/<space>Category/ folder, it renames it in p…

Thank you for your feedback. I just wonder: How do you create a foldername like this: D:/Downloads/<space>Category/ If you try to create such a folder in the Windows File Explorer you can see that this is not possible. All three characters: the Slash / and the usual Backslash \ and the mentioned…

Yes, you are right, Windows Explorer strips away „illegal” characters. In this particular case, the folder was created a long time ago using macos (I'm dual booting a mac mini). But I can also create folders named like that using the command prompt and something on the lines of: d:\Downloads> mkdi…

You are right too, in a CMD line you can create such folder names with a leading space. As soon as you try to rename it in Windows File Explorer, the leading space will be trimmed away.

WOuldn't this be a discussion to be held with Microsoft? MP3tag does not create invalid folder names. And that is the way it should be I think.

You are right, as I already said I understand now. And I have no problem with Mp3Tag not creating invalid folder names, or with Microsoft enforcing their rules for new files/folders. The issue which I think is certainly debatable is that the folder with „invalid” name was already created by me, and…

[image] LyricsLover: As soon as you try to rename it in Windows File Explorer, the leading space will be trimmed away. And if you simply try to rename it trimming the space yourself Windows will tell you that it cannot do so because source and target name are the same.

`Convert → Tag - Filename` behaves unexpectedly when folder name in path starts with space character

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ohrenkino July 22, 2024, 10:54am 2

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