File properties (tags) missing after recent Windows 8 Update (include new Xbox Music)

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Hello,

 

After the recent Windows 8 update (week of April 1st), my music files' properties (or tags) of mapped folders that are managed by the "Libraries->Music" no longer the metadata.  This worked before the latest Windows update

 

MY FOLDER SETUP:

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- Mapped a drive to Network drive (e.g.  m:music)

- Created soft link:  "mklink /d C:music M:music" to a local local folder (c:music)

 

Added C:music is managed by Libraries->Music (this works fine.  I see all my files under the Library->Music)

 

However, when Media Player starts (or Xbox Music), all music files (+5000 songs) are stored in the same UNKNOWN album.   Here is a summary of my findings which seems to indicate a bug with Windows 8:

 

SUMMARY OF MY RESEARCH (debugging):

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-When I click on a music file under the mapped directory (e.g. M:music<albumX><song>.wma), all the music file's properties (tags) are correctly displayed (e.g. Name of album, Genre, Artist, Year, etc. are all good)

- When I click on the soft link that points to the mapped drive (c:music<albumX><song>.wma), all the music file's properties (tags) are correctly displayed (e.g. Name of album, Genre, Artist, Year, etc. are all good)

-When I click on the "Libraries->Music<albumX><song>.wma", the music file's properties (tags) are empty.  This would explain why Media Player or Xbox Music put all the 5000+ songs into one UNKNOWN album as they cannot find the tags to categorize the songs

by albums/artist.

 

Q:  Why are the music files tags visible when selecting the mapped drive (m:music) or softlink (c:music) but not in the Library->Music?

 

Again, this worked fine before the latest Windows update and before I upgraded Xbox Music from the app Store.

 

Thank you in advance for your help!

 

Cheers!

 

Robert

 

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