Change Media Kind from music to audiobook for multiple files

I was able to change the files one at a time but...
I was unable to "Change/edit media kind" from music to audiobook when selecting more than 1 file.
This fixed it
I just updated Itunes to 11.2.2 and it now works just fine. Make sure you have the most recent version of Itunes.

After more digging in the Support section here and some Google work, I turned off iTunes Match and lo and behold! I can change the media kind to Audiobook! So, it looks like iTunes Match locked the files up somehow and for some reason.
I went into iTunes Store > iTunes Match > "No, Thanks" to disable it on the local PC.

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Hi
Before the update i could add an audiobook to itunes from my laptop, windows 8.1. The audiobook got into musicfiles, then i marked all the files/songs, went to info and changed from music to audiobook. Viola and i could find my audiobook in that categori.
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I have tried with severel audiobooks, but same result. I also tried when i wasn't logged on to Itunes, and then i could change media kind, but when i logged on, nothing changed.
Sorry for the spelling and grammatics errors. From Denmark.
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Hi
Before the update i could add an audiobook to itunes from my laptop, windows 8.1. The audiobook got into musicfiles, then i marked all the files/songs, went to info and changed from music to audiobook. Viola and i could find my audiobook in that categori.
That is no longer possible! I can still go to info, but the only option in media kind is "music"
I have tried with severel audiobooks, but same result. I also tried when i wasn't logged on to Itunes, and then i could change media kind, but when i logged on, nothing changed.
Sorry for the spelling and grammatics errors. From Denmark.
Yours sincerely
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