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WMP Music Llibrary Screen Wouldn't Display-Nothing Found Posted Worked
My WMP 12.0, latest update, worked fine until a week or so ago. Recently I added a subfolder for a folder already in the library, not sure if that caused a problem or not. But suddenly it recognized only a few files (possibly the new folder), and when trying to bring up the Manage Libraries screen in WMP nothing happens. I've tried everything I could find in this forum but with no change:
1. Deleted the libraries so it would rebuild. (Stop WMP services, delete files, restart WMP services). No change.
2. Deleted the Media Player folder, similar to above but entire folder. No change.
3. Restored an older library - library came up, still no Organize/Manage Libraries screen, and then most of music disappeared quickly.
4. Unchecked WMP in the Windows Features control panel, rebooted, checked again so it would reinstall WMP. No change.
5. Removed all libraries from Music (outside of WMP, right click on music library properties). No change.
Note: I just fixed this while writing this up! It occurred to me that after I'd done all the above I had not tried added back folders to the Music Librarty outside of WMP (by right clicking on Music and selecting Properties). When I did that, in WMP the Organize/Manage Libraries screen came back up as normal. Go figure.
This may belong in another thread - I am new to this forum and couldn't seem to find the appropriate thread. Sorry if I've caused extra work, but I did want to go ahead and post as this was a bizarre fix....