Reorganize files in "itunes media" greyed out

The other threads about this feature tend to either say it didn't work; I sort of have the opposite problem.
I did this once, and it worked spectacularly, but it misorganized media added since (for example, since media added as a movie can be changed to a TV Show, but not organized as such, etc.). Is there any way to reenable the feature and have it organize with my new media?

The other threads about this feature tend to either say it didn't work; I sort of have the opposite problem.
I did this once, and it worked spectacularly, but it misorganized media added since (for example, since media added as a movie can be changed to a TV Show, but not organized as such, etc.). Is there any way to reenable the feature and have it organize with my new media?

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