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So! This is an old topic, but I wanna at least put my findings here after trying to figure out what was going on. (Also, resetting the preferences is a bandaid over what the actual problem is) I see a vlc-record file in your folder screenshot, and that tells me that you had your record directory in ...

This is kinda late! But in case you're still around (or if anyone else gets gets here from searching like I did after wondering why my VLC was DOSing last.fm every time I opened a folder), you can turn this off in: Tools -> Preferences -> (Show settings "All" at the bottom left) -> Playlis...