RE: media player 11 'drag items here'

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Hi again,

Typically you only get the slashed zero icon if you're trying to drag to
an area that isn't a valid drop target, or if you're trying to drag content
that isn't playable by Media Player.

Can you please make sure that the files you're trying to drop have these
extensions:

wma, wmv, asf, avi, mp3, wav, mpg, mpeg, midi, aiff

If they're files like M4A, M4P, MOV or RA, or RM, those are not playable by
Media Player.

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Thanks!
Mike Poz [MSFT]
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"lalala305" wrote:

im trying to drop files from a normal folder on my desktop, into the 'now
playing' tab of media player 11. currently when i try and drop the files into
the 'now playing' tab where it says 'drop items here' the mouse comes up with
the wont allow circle with a line through it. basically i cant drop anything
at all into media player to play?

ta

"Mike Poz [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi,

Which pane are you focusing on in WMP when you do this? Are you in the
Library pane? The Rip and Sync panes both have baskets along the right side
as drag and drop targets, but those don't cause playback to occur. Only the
one in the LIbrary pane does, and it only starts playback if the basket is
completely empty.

Also, where are you dragging these files from when you drop them into the
basket for playback?

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Thanks!
Mike Poz [MSFT]
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"lalala305" wrote:

have looked through other questions and have tried things ive seen but have
no idea y i cant simply drag music and videos into media player 11 on vista
to get it to play?

at the moment find media player 11 completly useless and also cant find it
in the 'add remove program' menu to uninstall it and install media player 10,
desperately need some help. ta
.

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