i just got through this entire nightmare. there is a c program posted here that fixes the problem. it has a bug in it, and requires a little tweaking to get it to work on a windows platform, but i got it done. it only works on one file at a time. i did a "dir \s \b *.mp3 > temp.bat". i then inserted the name of the utility (mp3tool) in front of each line, and let the puppy run as a batch file. this cleaned up everything. i can post my executable mptool file for the pc if anyone is interested, but i offer no support, or take any responsability for mishaps.

-ted