Since upgrading to Windows 7 this month, my Windows Media Player experience is considerably worse than it was under Vista.
I cannot rip CDs now - I get the error: "Windows Media Player cannot rip one or more tracks from the CD".
I cannot set a rip location - under the Rip Music tab in Option, the location is blank and when I click on the Change button, nothing happens. No error, no dialog, no message, nothing.
I cannot change album info - I choose the "Find album info" option, choose the album/track, click OK and nothing happens. No changes, nothing.
Clear the Windows Media Player database and check if the problem persists.
To do this, follow these steps:
1. Exit Windows Media Player.
2. Click
Start, click Run, type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player, and then click
OK.
3. Select all the files in the folder, and then click
Delete on the File menu.
Note You do not have to delete the folders that are in this folder.
4. Restart Windows Media Player.
If this does not resolve the problem, clear the Windows Media Player database cache files. To do this,
follow these steps:
1. Exit Windows Media Player.
2. If you are running Windows Vista, click
Start, click Run, type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft, and then click
OK.
3. Select the
Media Player folder, and then click Delete on the
File menu.
4. Restart Windows Media Player.
For more information visit
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925718
(This article is for windows media player 11 but also works for windows media player 12)
If the above method didn’t work then, you can try reinstalling it by following the
steps below.
1. Click on
Start button and select Control Panel
2. Click on
Programs and then select Programs and Features
3. Click
Turn Windows features on or off on the left, go into the Media Features section and uncheck Windows Media Player, press OK to uninstall Windows Media Player.
4. You may need to reboot. Afterwards go back and re-check Windows Media Player to install it once more.