# MCEBuddy creating multiple files

**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/mcebuddy-creating-multiple-files/5115
**Category:** General Support / Questions
**Created:** [September 7, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/mcebuddy-creating-multiple-files/5115 "2023-09-07T14:36:42Z")
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#### Post date: [September 7, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/mcebuddy-creating-multiple-files/5115/1 "2023-09-07T14:36:42Z")

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Everything I read says this is not possible, but after my drive crashed and I installed MCEBuddy from scratch. It worked great for years before that, however now it is creating unwanted multiple copies. I have setup three monitor locations and three conversion tasks. each location has a task with a unique location.

When I run the program it picks up from the correct location, but makes multiple copies, 1 in each task location. How do I stop the extra copies?

Update, I have been looking for an answer in the forum and finally found the answer at:

> [@Why Is MCE Buddy Doing Multiple Conversions?](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/why-is-mce-buddy-doing-multiple-conversions/2606):
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> I use Plex to record OTA TV shows and movies. I have TV Shows set up to go to their own folder and movies setup to go to a different folder. I haven’t been converting the movie files or stripping commercials out of them because of strange MCEBuddy behavior when I setup more than one conversion task. The strange behavior is that even though the TV Shows conversion task is pointed at the TV Shows folder and the Movies conversion task is pointed at the Movies folder, both conversion tasks try to c…