I use a lot of custom genres for sorting.  iTunes has recently been changing the genres of 200  songs back to their default every time I update.  How can I lock in my custom genres?

How do I lock in custom genres so iTunes doesn't change them?

The most likely cause is that affected songs are iTunes Store purchases (or are being matched to the Store).  To prevent the Store metadata over-riding yours, set the following options to OFF in Edit > Preferences > Store:
Show iTunes in the Cloud Purchases
Share details of your library with Apple
Exit iTunes, when you start it again you should see your metadata selections and these should now be stable.  Also, if you have any iOS devices select Settings > Music and turn the Show All Music option OFF.  This should maintain your genre selections as well as any other changes you make to Artist, Album Artist, Album settings, etc.

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