Can no longer edit song info

I just blindly upgraded my iTunes to 11.2.2 (3) and find that I can no longer edit any information on songs. This is not acceptable. Not only can I not enter missing song writing credits, I can't even tell it to sort by a performer's last name instead of first. I tried going to the actual file location to see if I can change permissions, but it won't let me - it simply says I only have read permission. This is true even for files I ripped from my own LPs, or from CDs I own, not just iTunes Store purchases.
Every time I upgrade I lose capability. I'm about to stop doing it. Anyone have a workaround?

Something tells me that this is a new installation on a new Vista machine correct?
I don't believe version before 7.1 will work on Vista. Its most likely a permission issue on Vista.

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Ah yes school boy error there out of frustration and discontent..
My issue is with music/apps/films etc not downloading from iTunes / App Store.
They initially fail and message is displayed stating unable to download / purchase at this time, yet if I retry it says I've already purchased (?) or alternatively I go to the purchased section and there they are waiting with the cloud symbol..
However some items get frozen in the download window and cannot be retried or deleted. Message appears stating to tap to retry, but even if you stole every bath and sink in the uk you'd still not have enough taps.
I post here as the iTunes guys are useless in there 'help' and have only advised posting here or phoning apple, at my expense, to explain a problem that could be rectified by forwarding my original email to a techie. However the tech team apparently don't have an email address as they're from ye olde Middle Ages..!
Anyways I digress.
So I tried sync to pc, but instead of showing the file as ready to listen/use/view, the iCloud symbol shows and I'm back to square one as the item is unable to download..
At frustration station waiting for a train from pain...
All my software is up to date, and had all worked fine prior to the last big iOS update that resulted in all the changes in display and dismay.
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can anyone help me? I am trying to edit song info in iTunes on my new PC - Dell with Vista? When I try to change a field such as genre or song title, whatever, I can type the info in, but iTunes does not change the info.
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fixed it lol, turns out that, even though i'd set the permissions on the file to let me read/write it, i forgot to set the permissions of the folder as thus ^_^;;;
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[quote]Are you talking about editing the name of the song? This is the problem that I have had ever since iTunes 6.0 Does Apple read these comments? [/quote]
[quote]I recently upgraded (if that is the term) to iTunes 6.0.5. I just noticed that when I play certain songs the song name changes. The same thing happens if I choose Get Info from the File menu (or use. the equivalent key combination). I can change it back in the Get Info dialog, but the change does not "stick." The next time, the name changes again.
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I would like to report this to Apple as a bug, but I can't find out how to do that. Can anyone tell me how? I notice that another poster mentions having problems with names. Has anyone seen the same behavior I am reporting? [/quote]
Lock the actual song file. Go to the song file in the iTunes folder, go to file>get info, tick the box that sais "Lock" or something like that.
Enjoy ^_^ :P
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If I knew how to edit that field I would have stated so - it is possible that the programers didn't allow editing for a particular reason - blame them - not the people trying to help you find a way around the your particular issue.
I know that you cannot edit the field that you want to edit - I only offered a viable suggestion as to how to get around the problem. I have the same beef - but I found a suitable way around the problem. Is no longer an issue for me.
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