Files with .ptl extension

[Neal Pomea]

When I bought a new computer and transferred Amazon mp3 files from the old one to the new, it looks like many, but not all, of those songs now end with a .ptl extension and iTunes cannot play them. Files end with .mp3.ptl, that is. I found that if I renamed those files to have a .mp3 extension by deleting the .ptl extension, iItunes was able to play them.

Is there a way to rename all the files I have that now have the .ptl extention? And by the way, what does .ptl mean? All I can find through Google searches is Path Too Long.

Edited July 13, 2012 by Neal Pomea

[Chuck Nessa]

try deleting the extension.

[Neal Pomea]

Thanks! That's what I did, but there are hundreds of songs now with .ptl. I wonder if there is a way to delete .ptl in a batch rather than one by one.

(Enjoyed your recent picture of what makes you smile)

[JSngry]

Do ya' like batch files?

[Neal Pomea]

Thanks. I will give that a try, if I can understand the video. It sort of assumes I have more knowledge of the starting point than I really do, as is often the case with technical manuals.

I might try a DOS command, ren (for rename).

Edited July 13, 2012 by Neal Pomea