# Adding Folders **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [February 21, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913 "2019-02-21T17:17:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BBJones666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@BBJones666](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BBJones666)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/1 "2019-02-21T17:17:58Z")
I have never had a problem using Plex and Windows 7, except for the occasional subtitles snafu. I partitioned my hard drive and installed Windows 10. I successfully added all of my movies but when it came to adding tv shows it is a problem. After adding 32 shows, the previously added folders do not show up when adding another folder. It kicks it back to “zero shows”. Not that is taken out the shows, if I don’t try to add another show, the previous shows are still there. It’s just at a particular point in the process, it will no longer show the previously added folders.I’ve tried three times to do this and it does not work after a certain number of shows have been added. Does anyone have any idea what this problem is? I hope I have made some sense about this problem. Let me know, thanks, BBJones. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/2 "2019-02-21T17:21:40Z")
Are you adding each tv show individually to your library? If so, that doesn’t work. Only add the _parent_ folder of your tv shows folders. ```auto /TV Shows <-- only add this folder /Grey's Anatomy /Season 01 Grey's Anatomy - s01e01.avi Grey's Anatomy - s01e02 - The First Cut is the Deepest.avi Grey's Anatomy - s01e03.mp4 /Season 02 Grey's Anatomy - s02e01.avi Grey's Anatomy - s02e02.mkv Grey's Anatomy - s02e03.m4v ``` ---
**Author:** ![BBJones666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@BBJones666](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BBJones666)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/3 "2019-02-21T17:23:28Z")
I have folders of Netflix, Showtime etc with subfolders, “Homeland” “Better Call Saul” etc and they have subfolders, ie; Season one etc. It is exactly like when I add on Windows 7 but on 10 something is screwy. I add the “Amazon” folder and the 4 shows I have in that folder pop up and I hit save the changes. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/4 "2019-02-21T17:24:40Z")
Then you only add those Netflix, Showtime etc folders and **not** the individual shows contained within those. ---
**Author:** ![BBJones666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@BBJones666](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BBJones666)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/5 "2019-02-21T17:27:41Z")
Nope, here’s what I do: Go to TV Shows, click the edit, click the add folders, I navigate to a folder that contains subfolders, ie; European contains Borgen, Suburra, Gomorra, it shows those subfolders and click the save the changes. But then I get to 30 or more and it will no longer show that those shows have been added, it’s like it sees nothing. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/6 "2019-02-21T17:29:46Z")
Then you must not add more than 30 folders. Reduce those. ---
**Author:** ![BBJones666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@BBJones666](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BBJones666)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/7 "2019-02-21T17:30:35Z")
Why? I have around 100 folders added to my Windows 7 server. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/8 "2019-02-21T17:32:06Z")
I have some doubts about that. Are you sure you didn’t distribute those 100 folders over several libraries? ---
**Author:** ![BBJones666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@BBJones666](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BBJones666)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/9 "2019-02-21T17:36:08Z")
I have 3115 files, 347 folders 1.55tb in the TV shows folder. So, no, that is one library. I have another three libraries with aroung 1.6tb distributed among those three but TV shows? I have about a hundred. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/10 "2019-02-21T17:37:38Z")
That is not exactly what I asked. Could you provide me as an example with the full path of one of your tv show episodes? ---
**Author:** ![BBJones666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@BBJones666](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BBJones666)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/11 "2019-02-21T17:39:40Z")
When you say path, is this what you mean? H:\Amazon\The Marvelous Mrs Maisel\Season 2\And then it’s S02E whatever ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/12 "2019-02-21T17:41:51Z")
Yes, that’s what I meant. You are supposed to only add `H:\Amazon` to the tv show library. Not anything below that folder level. ---
**Author:** ![BBJones666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@BBJones666](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BBJones666)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/13 "2019-02-21T17:44:01Z")
That’s what I do, when I add folders, If I click on any Main Folder, ie’ Amazon HBO whatever, the subfolders will show up, at that point I click save changes down at the bottom. But after thirty or so shows, being put into the TV Shows library, they suddenly don’t show up anymore when you try to add to it. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/14 "2019-02-21T17:45:19Z")
Is it “after adding 30 **shows** ” or is it “after adding 30 **folders** ” when the issues arise? ---
**Author:** ![BBJones666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@BBJones666](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BBJones666)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/15 "2019-02-21T17:50:29Z")
The first time I did this, I thought perhaps I had hit a wrong button or something. So, second time it happened, I went hmmmmm. Third time, I counted how many shows I had added. It was 32. Having said that, the first time, I was all the way down to the Showtime folder and had approximately 75 shows in the TV library. Perhaps it’s a random number. Sorry I wasn’t more thoughtful in my explanation. Also, besides the already added shows not showing up, under Edit TV shows, there are three options, General, Add folders and Advanced. The Advanced is greyed out when this happens. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/16 "2019-02-21T17:53:27Z")
So how many folders do you have on the level of Amazon, Netflix etc ? ---
**Author:** ![BBJones666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@BBJones666](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BBJones666)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/17 "2019-02-21T18:00:49Z")
I have 18 main folders. Amazon, AMC, HBO etc. 87 subfolders, therefore 87 shows. There are around 330 something subfolders containing all the seasons with all the episodes of those seasons. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/18 "2019-02-21T18:02:42Z")
OK. Then only these 18 main folders need to be added to the library. Make sure you only add them while Plex is not doing anything else, like updating libraries or fetching metadata etc. ---
**Author:** ![BBJones666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@BBJones666](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BBJones666)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/19 "2019-02-21T18:04:28Z")
I wait until all the pics have settled on the show. I find it curious that the “Advanced” option is greyed out. And the “Activity” button up top, stops. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913/20 "2019-02-21T18:05:39Z")
Could you please add a screenshot? The Advanced option of what? [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-folders/378913.md?page=2)