"Gathering Files" notice shows on the screen, but after many hours, nothing happening

Belay that complaint! I've had a spontaneous remission, but more likely my mistake. Thanks. David

So, just to make sure: the progress bar was stalling on "Collecting Files" for a while and then took off? If you're on Windows/Linux, it's normal (progress doesn't start until all files have been collected), but on OS X, you're supposed to see the "spinning progress bar".

Sorry to take so long.

No, I exited the program and restarted it. When I looked later, the Results were now showing.

In both cases, the "spinning progress bar" ("blue barber pole"?) appeared for a few seconds at the outset, then went blank. The static text, "gathering files..." was there, but the blank bar, and the zeroes in the numeric fields below, suggested that the gathering had not begun.

[That might be countered by adding to the static text something like, "The progress bar will not show progress until the gathering phase has been completed. Don't be concerned; this may take a long time if the volumes are large and the music files numerous."]

I still appreciate the program, which was obviously well thought-through.

BTW, the "Delete Dead ITunes" function reported that it had completed, and a second (double-check) run returned "No dead links." But when I open iTunes, the links are still there--which, as I'm sure you know, having included the feature, makes playing a marked block of songs unworkable.

Thank you for so diligently providing expert help.

David