Windows Media Player Question

[ninjamonkey]

i accidently moved my music folder fromt he location that WMP was monitoring it. and i added some songs so now i have a few sogns that arent in my library. im not sure what tyhese songs are so i cant manually add them. is there a clean up library feature in WMP so that i can just put in all my current songs again?

[Supernatural]

Tools> Options> Media Library> Monitor Folders...

[ninjamonkey]

yeah. but it doesn't add the files i added after i moved the folder. does it have a "clean library" funtion? to get rid of double entries?

[DL.]

Back up, then delete this file and then go to tools/search for media files and reimport the data.

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Index\wmplibrary_v_0_12.db

[ninjamonkey]

will that delete all of my tags that wmp has made?

[DL.]

I'm not sure. Aren't those inserted into the songs file header? With the database backed up, just paste it back in if there's a problem.

[ninjamonkey]

alright il try it.

[ninjamonkey]

um, i copied the file to my desktop. and deleted the one in the folder
but my library is still there.

[DL.]

Did you do that with the media player closed first? I have wmp9 and it works for me. The other way is to use Spybot search and destroy with advanced settings enabled to clear the wmp DB.

[ninjamonkey]

no, wmp was open when i did it. but i just tried it again with wmp closed but still didnt work. were talkgin abotu wmp9 right?

[DL.]

I wonder if system restore has anything to do with it. I don't use it. You sure you're in all users and not just one username?

[ninjamonkey]

yes, i clicked on all users. is the problem i only put the file int he recycle bin and that i didnt actually delete it from there?

[DL.]

Yes that's it I think.

[ninjamonkey]

man. still no. maybe wmp can somehow still see it on the desktop.

[DL.]

How many songs you got? You can just click on the last one in all audio and hold the delete buuton (make sure you check the box- delete from wmp only)

[ninjamonkey]

over 2000 songs.
all that deleting could potentially delete all the track updating wmp has done right?

[ninjamonkey]

jeez, how do i post on this windows media forum? http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroup...ic.windowsmedia (http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=windowsmedia&slcid=us&newsgroup=microsoft.public.windowsmedia)
everytiem i try to post it rejects me.

[Johnny_B]

According to this Micro$oft article (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;272116), the media library used by WMP 9 has been renamed to CurrentDatabase_59R.wmdb.
Read the article and see if it helps. ;)

[ninjamonkey]

thanks so much johnny B. so i could get my old library back by renaming the .bak file to its original name?
this microsoft community thing is still pissing me off though. i cant post or read any messages even though i signed up for soem Email newsgroup.

[ninjamonkey]

how do i chaneg its file extension to .bak?

[DL.]

right click, rename, at the end, type .bak

[ninjamonkey]

thanks. i suspect that stands for back-up so that if i mess up, i can just undo my rename of this file and have my old library?

[ninjamonkey]

Originally posted by Johnny_B@19 November 2003 - 00:31
According to this Micro$oft article (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;272116), the media library used by WMP 9 has been renamed to CurrentDatabase_59R.wmdb.
Read the article and see if it helps. ;)
wow, even that didnt work. what should i do? i wish microsoft would let me post ont hat fucking newsgroup.

[Supernatural]

WMP automatically cleans up the media library, just not instantly. Give it some time.

[ninjamonkey]

ok, but that still doesnt add the missing files. lol.

[Supernatural]

You can add an entire folder instantly with File> Add to Media Library> Add Folder...

[ninjamonkey]

ok. haha, i dotn think you understand. but somehow i fixed it. i went to search computer for media files and it deleted all the duplicate files and added the missing songs even though it said it added 0 files. ha.