Rebuilding Windows Media Player Library
Written by Alan Wednesday, 28 April 2010 08:00
If you ever run into a problem in Windows Media Player (WMP), as I recently did, and rebuilding your library seems the only option then it’s not as bad as it sounds. I actually found it to be pretty simple and painless as a matter of fact. Here are the steps to take (This in Windows 7).
1. Open Windows Media Player, click Organize => Manage Libraries => Music and click on each folder listed and choose Remove. Now close WMP.
2. Click Start =>Computer => C Drive => Users => (your user name) =>AppData (note: you need to enable the viewing of hidden files to see the App Data folder)
3. Once in the AppData folder click Local =>Microsoft => Media Player.
4. Look for a file called CurrentDatabase_372 and rename it (in case you need it back later) to something like CurrentDatabase_372a. If yours has a different number from 372 that’s fine. Different versions of Windows have had different numbers. I believe that all Windows 7 are probably 372, but I have not been able to verify that.
5. Once the file has been renamed re-open WMP and repeat step 1, only this time adding the folders you want. Some default folders may already appear to be back and that’s fine. Depending on the size of your library this part could take a while so walk away from your PC and find something to do. The library will automatically rebuild itself even if you’re not there to watch it.
Related posts:
- Windows Media Player Libraries
- Internet Streaming from Windows Media Player
- Zune Video Podcasts in Media Center
- Windows 7 Folder Options
