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ninjamonkey
11-18-2003, 12:34 PM
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
11-18-2003, 03:19 PM
Tools> Options> Media Library> Monitor Folders...
ninjamonkey
11-18-2003, 10:04 PM
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?
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
11-18-2003, 10:28 PM
will that delete all of my tags that wmp has made?
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
11-18-2003, 10:32 PM
alright il try it.
ninjamonkey
11-18-2003, 10:35 PM
um, i copied the file to my desktop. and deleted the one in the folder
but my library is still there.
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
11-18-2003, 10:46 PM
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?
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
11-18-2003, 10:51 PM
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?
Yes that's it I think.
ninjamonkey
11-18-2003, 11:03 PM
man. still no. maybe wmp can somehow still see it on the desktop.
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
11-18-2003, 11:08 PM
over 2000 songs.
all that deleting could potentially delete all the track updating wmp has done right?
ninjamonkey
11-18-2003, 11:25 PM
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
11-19-2003, 12:31 AM
According to this Micro$oft article (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;272116), the media library used by WMP 9 has been renamed to CurrentDatabase_59R.wmdb.
Read the article and see if it helps. ;)
ninjamonkey
11-19-2003, 12:38 AM
thanks so much johnny B. so i could get my old library back by renaming the .bak file to its original name?
this microsoft community thing is still pissing me off though. i cant post or read any messages even though i signed up for soem Email newsgroup.
ninjamonkey
11-19-2003, 01:26 AM
how do i chaneg its file extension to .bak?
right click, rename, at the end, type .bak
ninjamonkey
11-19-2003, 01:51 AM
thanks. i suspect that stands for back-up so that if i mess up, i can just undo my rename of this file and have my old library?
ninjamonkey
11-19-2003, 02:28 AM
Originally posted by Johnny_B@19 November 2003 - 00:31
According to this Micro$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
11-19-2003, 02:37 PM
WMP automatically cleans up the media library, just not instantly. Give it some time.
ninjamonkey
11-19-2003, 07:56 PM
ok, but that still doesnt add the missing files. lol.
Supernatural
11-19-2003, 08:15 PM
You can add an entire folder instantly with File> Add to Media Library> Add Folder...
ninjamonkey
11-19-2003, 09:39 PM
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.
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