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My Media Player keeps making copies of all the songs in the library.

Everytime I open Windows Media Player for my music I find that there are multiple copies of every song in my library. I have tried to delete the extra copies but they keep coming back with even more copies and then I get a message that says that media player cannot play a song because it can't find the file. Apparently when I delete some of the extra copies the file needed to play the song is deleted, I think. Why do I get so many copies of each song and it keeps progressing so that I can have 5 copies or more. Each time I delete songs and I go back I find even more copies. Now my library is all fouled up and music I have paid for and downloaded is lost and so is the money I had spent. What is going on?
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Sounds like a corrupted media library, so I suggest that you reset it. First note that resetting the library will make you lose all current play counts, and possibly ratings too. Then, follow these steps:

- Reboot the PC.
- Go to Start, type  services.msc in the Search field, and press Enter. In Services, find the Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service . If its status is Started , double-click the service and click  Stop .
- Go to Start, type  %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft in the Search field, and press Enter. This folder will open up in Windows Explorer.
- In this folder, rename the  Media Player folder to something like Media Player old . If you can't see the folder, then it's probably hidden. Set Explorer to show hidden files and folders, and to show protected system files.
- Start WMP, your library will have been reset and will be rebuilt. Check if the issue still occurs.
Tim De Baets
http://www.bm-productions.tk
Tim De Baets
https://bmproductions.fixnum.org

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Last updated March 27, 2024 Views 2,914 Applies to: