Disable filter words / lib folder renaming without reindexing

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Server Version#: 1.29.1.6316
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  1. Simple questions

  • how do i stop plex from using the filter words (can’t find it in the faq). While ppl may find it helpful, i absolutely HATE it if titles for example the movie “The Ledge” (from 2011) gets placed under L from Ledge. If a movie/series title starts with “A”, “The”,… I WANT it to be placed under “A”, “T”,…

  • Currently my TV series are under a folder called “Complete Series”, how do i rename it to just “Series” without triggering plex to reindex everything (registry modification?)

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On the first question, you can modify the article strings that Plex will ignore for sorting purposes by editing the preferences.xml.

This article explains. The setting you are looking for is “ArticleStrings”:
https://support.plex.tv/articles/201105343-advanced-hidden-server-settings/

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There is no preferences.xml under windows (as the topic is flaired) thats for linux. I assume the following is correct for windows?

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Plex, Inc.\Plex Media Server
new > strings with name “ArticleStrings” > entered “the, a, an” (for starters) > restart plex?

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_USERS\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Plex, Inc.\Plex Media Server]
"ArticleStrings"="the, das, der, die, a, an, el, la"

If you want to stop Plex from removing the articles, you need to actually make that an empty string – i.e. ""

And this change only affects newly added items.

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That string wasn’t there so i manually added it. Instructions (at least the way i read them) told me i needed to list the ones i didn’t want plex to remove. For the record its the SORTING i’m talking about. For example “The Last Witch Hunter” is properly labelled as such in plex media. However it’s sorted under L instead of T. That’s my problem

so now i’m confused. Do i need that emptry string instead of the one i made, or a different one?

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No, you have that backwards. You need to provide an empty string for your intended server behaviour.

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