Rebuilding Broken WMP11 Library?!?

I had posted earlier that all of my music files had just suddenly disappeared
out of my library. It won't keep any of the music I select and drag to the
playlist box from the file folder it's stored in AND it won't recognize my
MP3 player either.
Someone posted this website http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#medialibrary
Apparently it's a corruption of the library.
Since I'm not a computer wiz... could someone please put this into
computer-stupid english???
"In WMP11 on XP, the library is per user and can be found at
"%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media
Player\CurrentDatabase_360.wmdb". In some extreme cases (such as when you can
not add any folders to be scanned in the supplied dialog) you would need to
shut down WMP and stop the "Window Media Player Network Sharing Service".
Then you would need to rename the folder "%USERPROFILE%\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player". At that point WMP should
work correctly again.
In WMP10, the library is per user and can be found at "%USERPROFILE%\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player\CurrentDatabase_219.wmdb".
You can first try renaming the file. If that doesn't work, create a second
user account. That user should have a working library in WMP. Copy that
user's library over to your original user account, and you should be working
fine then."

Please help!?!?

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Relevant Pages

  • RE: Rebuilding Broken WMP11 Library?!?
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    (microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player)
  • Re: WMP keeps crashing
    ... like a "corrupt files" folder. ... See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. ... to visit the media player web site. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player)
  • Re: WMP keeps crashing
    ... Put them in a folder not scanned by WMP... ... See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. ... to visit the media player web site. ... When attempting to play that song the maroon "!" ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player)
  • Re: Any way to STOP files being added to the Library?
    ... The folder with your music files is probably still monitored by WMP. ... WMP's Options, go to Library - Monitor Folders, and Ignore/Remove this ... I deleted the entire library and unchecked the "Add Music Files to Library When Played", ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player)
  • WMP 9 audio garbled
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