Importing m3u files in iTunes alters song name, how can I fix it?

When I import an m3u file into iTunes, that refers to music that already exists in my library, it alters the "Name" of the song to be in the format "Track Number - Name" until I double click the song. Then iTunes refreshes the "Name" information from the file system and fixes it inside iTunes. This is fine, but the playlist has over 2000 songs in it and I don't want to spend the weekend clicking through all of them.
Is there some way to automatically refresh all of the songs' "Name" data from the file system?

Thanks for the suggestion, but that doesn't really do what I'm looking for. If I select multiple files, right click, and select Get Info, it just shows me the values that are in common for those files. For example, if I do it for a single artist, I see the artist name, but everything else is blank.
It does not force a synchronization of the data in iTunes with the MP3 metadata in the file. However, if I play each file in iTunes individually, iTunes will update the "Name" with the actual information in the ID3 tag. Unfortunately, I don't have time to play all 2000+ files.

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