Itunes Sort by LOCATION?? FILE PATH

hi, i was wonderin if i can set up my itunes sortin columns SORT BY LOCATION or FILE PATH(like windows media player), ive just started using itunes but all my songs are being organized by folder in different location. if someone can tell me how i can sort my songs by location it would be great!

aktote wrote:
In order to update the Artist and Album names efficiently
Oh, why didn't you say so? That's a different problem There are several pieces of software that will automatically update the ID3 tag of files based on their path. Personally I like Mp3tag:
http://www.mp3tag.de/en/
In any case, I do not know how to use the script file that you so generously provided, and will appreciate some instruction.
If you still want to use it, all you have to do is download the script (i.e. save it to your local computer), then double-click it to run it. You'll be prompted to select a playlist. You can select the "Music" playlist to do all your Music, or select a smaller playlist if you just want to test it out. The script will then update the Description of that playlist to the filepath.
HTH,
Rob

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