# Does not find all directories and mp3 files
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-not-find-all-directories-and-mp3-files/4113
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 28, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-not-find-all-directories-and-mp3-files/4113 "2006-11-28T01:03:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@don\_mega](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/don_mega)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-not-find-all-directories-and-mp3-files/4113/1 "2006-11-28T01:03:03Z")
I have a mapped network drive that contains 30 folders. Each folder has mp3s in them.
If I choose File \> Add Directory it only finds the files in 6 of the 30 dirs.
I can manually change directory and see the files fine.
Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@wab66](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wab66)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-not-find-all-directories-and-mp3-files/4113/2 "2006-11-29T22:35:45Z")
Do you use special characters in the directory names?
There must exist something common between the 24 folders which aren't displayed.
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### Author:  [@don\_mega](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/don_mega)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-not-find-all-directories-and-mp3-files/4113/3 "2006-11-29T23:59:48Z")
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QUOTE(Wolfgang B @ Nov 29 2006, 16:35) \<{POST\_SNAPBACK}\>
Do you use special characters in the directory names?
There must exist something common between the 24 folders which aren't displayed.
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All folders start with:
Artist Name - Album Name
and each mp3 file is track#-trackname.mp3
For example:
Joe Blow - This is My Album
then 01-This is a Song.mp3
I am trying to identify what the commonality is between the folders and tracks that are not being listed, but I cannot.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-not-find-all-directories-and-mp3-files/4113/4 "2026-02-09T12:20:01Z")