Seeking # Hack for Zune Software.

[Grimhound]

I realized that the Zune software seems to add a number in front of track names when it burns from CDs or converts(not sure on when it converts) tracks to the proper format. Furthermore, I've realized that the way the software does this, via a single digit for tracks 1-9 rather than a double-digit in the fashion of 01, 02, 03 that it causes a discrepancy in many music players, including the Zune software itself. The issue is that in reading the numbers for non-identified albums or playlists, the track numbers line up as 1, 10, 11, 12, etc. followed by 2-9, and so are identified as such regardless of what direct track information is listed as.

I was wondering if there was a pre-existant hack to resolve this to make the software add in the 0 for tracks 1-9, or if it was possible to have one cooked up so that I don't constantly have to go in and manually edit the names after the fact.

[Gregory]

There isn't at this point, but this sounds like a reasonable hack.

[itsnotabigtruck]

I don't know whether it would be practically possible to implement this as a hack to the software, but you can install PowerShell, and use this one liner:

ls -recurse | where { DOLLAR_.Name -match '^[0-9] [^.]+\....$' } | move-item -literalpath { DOLLAR_.FullName } -destination { DOLLAR_.DirectoryName + '\0' + DOLLAR_.Name }

Replace everywhere it says DOLLAR with a dollar sign (this is due to the stupidity of this forum software). Make sure you cd to your music directory, like this:

# for vista
cd c:\users\yourusername\Music
# for xp
cd c:\documents and settings\yourusername\My Music