Media Player 12 will PLAY but will not add .ogg files to the media library.

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Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756

Step 1: Back-up and restore the registry in Windows

1) Open the Registry Editor by clicking the Start button, typing regedit into the search box, and then pressing Enter.‌ If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

2) Locate and click the key or subkey that you want to back up.

3) Click the File menu, and then click Export.

4) In the Save in box, select the location where you want to save the backup copy to, and then type a name for the backup file in the File name box.

5) Click Save.

Before modifying the registry you can create a system restore point, so that if something gets corrupted, there is a backup in place and where can use a roll back option.

Follow the steps below to create a system restore point:

1. Click Start, type systempropertiesprotection in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow.

2. Wait for Windows to search for available disks and most recent restore points. In the System Properties dialog box, on the System Protection tab, click Create.

3. Type a name for the restore point and then click Create.

4. After the restore point has been created successfully, click OK two times.

Note:   If System Restore is turned off, click to select the local disk, click Apply and then click Create.

Step 3: Copy-paste the content in “Red” in a notepad
Save it as oggwmp.reg on the desktop.
Run the registry file.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\audio/x-ogg]

"Extension"=".oga"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\MIME Types\application/ogg]

@="Ogg File"

"AlreadyRegistered"="yes"

"Extension.Key"=".ogg"

"Extensions.CommaSep"="ogg,oga,ogv,spx"

"Extensions.SpaceSep"=".ogg .oga .ogv .spx"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\MIME Types\audio/x-ogg]

@="Ogg Audio File"

"AlreadyRegistered"="yes"

"Extension.Key"=".oga"

"Extensions.CommaSep"="ogg,spx"

"Extensions.SpaceSep"=".ogg .spx"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\MLS\Extensions]

"ogg"="audio"

"ogv"="video"

"oga"="audio"

"spx"="audio"

"flac"="audio"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.oga]

"Runtime"=dword:00000001

"Permissions"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\Groups\Audio\OGA]

@="Ogg File (oga)"

"Extensions"=".oga"

"MIME Types"="audio/x-ogg"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\Extensions\.oga]

"AlreadyRegistered"="yes"

"MediaType.Description"="Ogg Audio"

"Permissions"=dword:0000000f

"Runtime"=dword:00000007

"PerceivedType"="audio"

"Extension.MIME"="audio/x-ogg"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.ogg]

"Runtime"=dword:00000001

"Permissions"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ogg]

@="Ogg Vorbis"

"PerceivedType"="audio"

"Content Type"="audio/ogg"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ogg\Ogg Vorbis]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ogg\Ogg Vorbis\ShellNew]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\Extensions\.ogg]

"AlreadyRegistered"="yes"

"MediaType.Description"="Ogg File"

"Permissions"=dword:0000000f

"Runtime"=dword:00000007

"Extension.MIME"="application/ogg"

You can try performing a system restore if this issue is not resolved; follow the instructions below:

1) Click Start, type system restore in the Start Search box, and then click System Restore in the Programs list. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your password or click Continue.

2) In the System Restore dialog box, click Choose a different restore point, and then click Next.

3) In the list of restore points, click a restore point that was created before you began to experience the issue, and then click Next.

4) Click Finish.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936212

Thanks and Regards
Vijay K - Microsoft Support
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