[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by uhuhnottelling

my process for deleting old folder & adding new is:
- removing songs using exclude folder
- updating database (removes all songs)
- closing hoster
- copy new file folder using explorer
- reopening hoster
- removing folder from excluded folders list
- re add new folder & run rescan folder
sometimes i simply add new songs but oftentimes i completely wipe and create a new file because i work on spelling errors, removing duplicates etc. on a separate laptop and replace old folder for new. does this make sense?

It seems you have removed the folder in the correct way that should avoid the duplicate issue I referred to.
I get a bit worried when people mention separate computers, do you use this separate computer to import any files ?
If it's just to copy and paste I don't see a problem.
I can't point to the the problem yet but something in this removing & copying seems to be where the problem started.
See what happens the next time you re install and we'll take it from there.