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Export Results from Clean Up Media Tool

📋Summary

Add the ability to export the results of the Clean Up Media tool to a text file, allowing users to review and make edits without needing to keep the tool open.


❗Problem

Currently, the Clean Up Media window:

  • Cannot be minimized or left open while making changes.

  • Requires the user to close the window and rerun the scan after making adjustments (e.g., correcting filenames or relinking media).

  • Makes it difficult to manage large collections where some files are flagged as unused due to minor naming inconsistencies (like manuals or videos with variant names).


💡Proposal

Add an “Export to Text File” option within the Clean Up Media window. This export would include:

  • A list of all flagged unused files

  • Their file paths

  • Associated platform and media type (if known)

Optional additions:

  • Export formats: .txt or .csv

  • Include checkboxes or comments for user notes (if re-imported)


✅Benefits

  • Allows users to review and clean up manually without rerunning the tool

  • Simplifies identification of media with mismatched names that may still be useful

  • Saves time for users managing large or highly customized libraries

  • Improves workflow for advanced users correcting metadata or media file associations

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  • AstroBob changed status to Open To Community
    Team•

    May 18, 2025

    Pinned

    Hi there!

    Thanks so much for submitting this request and for taking the time to explain your use case — that context is always super helpful.

    I’ve gone ahead and fleshed out the main idea using the info you provided, and I’m opening it up to the community for further discussion and feedback. Please let me know if this fleshed-out version doesn’t match your original intended request.

    Feel free to let me know if you have any extra thoughts, examples, or edge cases you think might be relevant!

    Cheers,
    The LaunchBox team

  • Scottyboy77

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    May 18, 2025

    Media clean up addition

    Within the clean up media section I’d like to be able to export the list to a text file as currently you can’t minimise the window and make changes. I have a few games where the video and manual have slightly different names so it flags up as not being used but I know they could be, so then you have to close the clean up window, edit stuff, then re-scan it all.