MotleyG - The only other app that may have access is the Music Player Manager, but I haven't used it for a long time. It was used to help clear a ratings issue that is unresolved (every song in library has a thumbs up for some reason if I start applying a thumbs up to songs).
andrewilliey- Cant find a time stamp , but I do have and older saved playlist from earlier this year (i attached a capture of the old and new). I did add Leon Bridges Texas Sun (for example) and it show up on the playlist and, but the empty file and pathywat still exists in the playlist. Probably easist to uninstall Poweramp and the do a fresh install and import my older playlist?