RE: Cannot Add To Library
- From: "Stephen" <Stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 02:16:28 -0800
good try Matthias...I thought you had it. But not so. It still only lists
135 files...any other ideas?
Regards
Stephen
"Matthias" wrote:
> I found this fix, and it help me:
>
>
> Problem: Media Player's Library does not find all of your music, even
> when pointing to the directory you keep all of your music in. Deleting
> the library and the WMDB files does not seem to help. You also get the
> same songs showing up over and over again when you try to rebuild the
> library.
>
> I had that problem and it took me quite a while to figure it out. I'm
> posting my fix here for anyone who may need it.
>
> Possible Cause: Folders in which some of your songs are located have
> somehow become marked with the "System" attribute. WMP will not search
> in folders with that attribute.
>
>
> Fix: Go to Start > Run > type in "cmd" and hit Enter (without the
> quote marks).
> Type in the driver letter where your music is followed by a colon (ex.:
> c: ) and hit Enter.
> Now, type in: cd "location of music directory" (with quotes
> included).
>
> Eg.: If your music is at "d:\music", first type in d: and hit Enter;
> then type in cd "music" and hit Enter.
>
> Now, we can remove that "system" attribute. Type in (NO quotes)
> "attrib /s /d -s" and hit Enter. What this command does is remove the
> "system" attribute from all of the folders in your music directory.
> After this close the command prompt window.
>
> Try to rebuild your library now. It should work.
>
>
> "Stephen" wrote:
>
> > I have over 1000 mp3 & WMA files in a particular folder, yet WMP will only
> > list 135 of them in its library. H ave tried many suggestions on the web and
> > still cannot resolve this problem. There appears to be many postings
> > identifying this same problem but no solution. Any ideas?
.
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