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Hi all,

I’m facing an odd issue when batch-renaming TV show files on a Windows machine. While the majority of the files are renamed as expected using my standard format, some are being skipped without any error or warning.

I’ve confirmed the file paths, naming patterns, and folder structure are consistent across the batch. Could this be a case of insufficient permissions, hidden file attributes, or a Windows file system quirk?

Any suggestions or insights from those who’ve encountered similar problems would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

advancecanary wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 04:16 While the majority of the files are renamed as expected using my standard format, some are being skipped without any error or warning.

Please share screenshots so that we can see what you can see. FileBot generally does not skip operations without error or warning, assuming that the file system itself doesn't incorrectly report success. If you're using a remote SMB share, then invalid caching could explain strange behaviours.

That said, if you're using the Windows application with default settings, then FileBot will delegate move / copy operations to the native Windows Move / Copy Dialog which may or may not report errors. If you configure FileBot to process files itself then you might get better error messages. If you use the FileBot (console) or FileBot (platform) shortcut to launch FileBot then useNativeShell=false is set by default.

advancecanary wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 04:16 Could this be a case of insufficient permissions, hidden file attributes, or a Windows file system quirk?

You would get an error if a rename operation where to fail. The OS is very unlikely to report "files have been moved successfully" back to FileBot if that did not actually happen for some reason.



What exactly are you doing? Please provide context, i.e. sample file paths as text and details about where these file paths are located? Local drive? Remote network drive? NAS brand? etc. Please read How to Request Help for details.