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library is in an invalid state - wombat23 - 2025-11-03 Running jellyfin on Windows 10 Earlier this year I built a new NAS and migrated the data over to it. What was the X: drive is now V: I went library by library, added the V: path then removed the X: path. It worked fine for a while. However since updating to the latest 10.11 all my shows have duplicated. Even though when I edit a Library only the V: path is shown. Tonight I removed a channel to redo it and BOTH paths show up in the "Remove Medi Folder" popup I click OK. Then I shut down jellyfin and restarted it. When I added the path back in as a new library the error popup happened: "The library is in an invalid state and cannot be edited. You are possible encountering a bug: the path in the database is not the correct path in the system" Any help would be very appreciated! Both libraries were named the same if that helps?         RE: library is in an invalid state - wombat23 - 2025-11-13 To add to this removing ghost path from libraries Bug So in a continuation of trying to get my server stable again Is there any easy way of removing all references of an outdated path for all the libraries? I migrated from X:\ to V:\ and even though the libraries only show the single path all my shows have been duplicated and are still showing the x:\ path Library scans have not fixed this and metadata editor would be days doing this manually :-( I have checked the libraries XML files under (windows) and it's correct in each with only a single entry for path: Jellyfin\Server\root\default\*Libraryname*   <PathInfos>     <MediaPathInfo>       <Path>V:\tv_shows\*Libraryname*</Path>     </MediaPathInfo>   </PathInfos> ================ Error log applicable portions: [2025-11-12 22:59:20.303 -07:00] [INF] [49] Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager: Validating media library [2025-11-12 22:59:21.908 -07:00] [ERR] [49] Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager: Error in GetFilteredFileSystemEntries isPhysicalRoot: False IsVf: False System.IO.IOException: The network name cannot be found. : 'X:\TV Shows\American'.   at System.IO.Enumeration.FileSystemEnumerator1.Init()   at System.IO.Enumeration.FileSystemEnumerableFactory.FileSystemInfos(String directory, String expression, EnumerationOptions options, Boolean isNormalized)   at System.IO.DirectoryInfo.InternalEnumerateInfos(String path, String searchPattern, SearchTarget searchTarget, EnumerationOptions options)   at System.IO.DirectoryInfo.EnumerateFileSystemInfos(String searchPattern, EnumerationOptions enumerationOptions)   at Emby.Server.Implementations.IO.ManagedFileSystem.GetFileSystemEntries(String path, Boolean recursive)   at MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.DirectoryService.<>c.<GetFileSystemEntries>b__5_0(String p, IFileSystem fileSystem)   at System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary2.GetOrAdd[TArg](TKey key, Func3 valueFactory, TArg factoryArgument)   at MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.DirectoryService.GetFileSystemEntries(String path)   at MediaBrowser.Controller.IO.FileData.GetFilteredFileSystemEntries(IDirectoryService directoryService, String path, IFileSystem fileSystem, IServerApplicationHost appHost, ILogger logger, ItemResolveArgs args, Int32 flattenFolderDepth, Boolean resolveShortcuts)   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager.ResolvePath(FileSystemMetadata fileInfo, IDirectoryService directoryService, IItemResolver[] resolvers, Folder parent, Nullable1 collectionType, LibraryOptions libraryOptions) [2025-11-12 22:59:21.943 -07:00] [ERR] [49] Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager: Error in "PlaylistResolver" resolving "X:\TV Shows\American" System.IO.IOException: The network name cannot be found. : 'X:\TV Shows\American'.   at System.IO.Enumeration.FileSystemEnumerator1.Init()   at System.IO.Enumeration.FileSystemEnumerableFactory.UserFiles(String directory, String expression, EnumerationOptions options)   at System.IO.Directory.EnumerateFiles(String path, String searchPattern, EnumerationOptions enumerationOptions)   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.PlaylistResolver.Resolve(ItemResolveArgs args)   at MediaBrowser.Controller.Resolvers.ItemResolver1.ResolvePath(ItemResolveArgs args)   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager.Resolve(ItemResolveArgs args, IItemResolver resolver) [2025-11-12 22:59:22.091 -07:00] [INF] [36] Emby.Server.Implementations.IO.LibraryMonitor: Watching directory "V:\movies\Bluray's" -—all is successful for the new v:\ libraries—- [2025-11-12 22:59:22.112 -07:00] [INF] [49] Emby.Server.Implementations.IO.LibraryMonitor: Skipping realtime monitor for "X:\Movies\Bluray's" because the path does not exist —- same failures for all the old x:\ library paths —- Where is it still referencing these x:\ paths from ?! RE: library is in an invalid state - wombat23 - 2025-11-14 Also scan all libraries fails immediately because of those bad old X: paths that don't exist anymore: [2025-11-13 20:10:32.305 -07:00] [ERR] [30] Emby.Server.Implementations.ScheduledTasks.TaskManager: Error executing Scheduled Task System.IO.IOException: The network name cannot be found. : 'X:\TV Shows\American'. at System.IO.Enumeration.FileSystemEnumerator1.Init() at System.IO.Enumeration.FileSystemEnumerable1..ctor(String directory, FindTransform transform, EnumerationOptions options, Boolean isNormalized) at System.IO.Enumeration.FileSystemEnumerableFactory.UserEntries(String directory, String expression, EnumerationOptions options) at System.IO.Directory.InternalEnumeratePaths(String path, String searchPattern, SearchTarget searchTarget, EnumerationOptions options) at Emby.Server.Implementations.IO.ManagedFileSystem.GetFileSystemEntryPaths(String path, Boolean recursive) at MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.DirectoryService.IsAccessible(String path) at MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Folder.IsLibraryFolderAccessible(IDirectoryService directoryService, BaseItem item, Boolean checkCollection) at MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Folder.ValidateChildrenInternal2(IProgress1 progress, Boolean recursive, Boolean refreshChildMetadata, Boolean allowRemoveRoot, MetadataRefreshOptions refreshOptions, IDirectoryService directoryService, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Folder.ValidateChildrenInternal(IProgress1 progress, Boolean recursive, Boolean refreshChildMetadata, Boolean allowRemoveRoot, MetadataRefreshOptions refreshOptions, IDirectoryService directoryService, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.AggregateFolder.ValidateChildrenInternal(IProgress1 progress, Boolean recursive, Boolean refreshChildMetadata, Boolean allowRemoveRoot, MetadataRefreshOptions refreshOptions, IDirectoryService directoryService, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager.ValidateTopLibraryFolders(CancellationToken cancellationToken, Boolean removeRoot) at Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager.PerformLibraryValidation(IProgress1 progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager.ValidateMediaLibraryInternal(IProgress1 progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Emby.Server.Implementations.ScheduledTasks.Tasks.RefreshMediaLibraryTask.ExecuteAsync(IProgress1 progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Emby.Server.Implementations.ScheduledTasks.ScheduledTaskWorker.ExecuteInternal(TaskOptions options) [2025-11-13 20:10:32.318 -07:00] [INF] [30] Emby.Server.Implementations.ScheduledTasks.TaskManager: "Scan Media Library" Failed after 0 minute(s) and 2 seconds