Ok i mat have found a lead, there is this program called dBpoweramp Music converter, is boasts flac support for windows anyone tried it yet.
Just in passing, if you have an extensive music collection I would recommend using a true music player/organizer/playlister which of course would support FLAC as well as MP3 as well as numerous other common (and now standard) music file formats.
Your own music file acquisition/creation process would also involve tagging, and MP3Tag is I suppose now the reference standard for such a program even if your ripper/encoder/tagger program (e.g. EAC or Audiograbber plus LAME/FLAC) purports to do tagging. You still need MP3Tag or the like, for normal individual or mass maintenance functions.
As far as player/organizer/playlister, in my own case I use a terrific program named Jaangle (sample screenshot follows):
Note that the track details info pane presents all the tag data from all music files (in my case, MP3 and FLAC). There's more to the right in that pane, via the scrollbar.
And of course the columns presented, as well as the sequence of the columns, is customizable. ALL tag fields are available for display.
The program provides 12 different presentation organizations and sort sequences.
In my own case, I have selected "artist - album" sequence, with artists presented alphabetically and then for each artist the one or more albums for that artist arranged alphabetically and indented for eye appeal. Art for artist and albums is shown for each item (based on "style" setting, which if you want can also be as minimal as text-only... like Explorer).
The albums shown comes from the tags database, so that ANY album on which the artist has at least one track present will be shown underneath that artist. So this supports both single-artist albums as well as multiple-artist compilations... exactly as I want.
It also presents artist art and bio info as well as album art and review/tracklist. You can use your own "cover.jpg" or "folder.jpg", and Jaangle will automatically access LastFM for artist pictures/bio and Amazon for album pictures/review/tracklist (if it needs to, if you don't already have your own album art cover.jpg/folder.jpg present).
It also has its own built-in audio (and video!) player, along with a 3-band EQ to make music sound fantastic! Really, a great sounding player.
Why waste time or struggle to get Windows Media Player to kind of work, or Windows Explorer to kind of work. You need the right tool for the right job, and Jaangle is absolutely wonderful, in my opinion.
Try it.
Jaangle, formerly known as "Teen Spirit".
If you want to see my "tutorial" to a new Jaangle user,
look at this other thread in the Music sub-forum. An introduction to the proper use of the combination of MP3Tag and Jaangle was like a re-birth experience for her. A completely new world of music collection organization and enjoyment, outside of WMP and Windows Explorer.
Jaangle. And MP3Tag to be sure your music files all have proper tags. No need for imbedded album art, just use "cover.jpg" or "folder.jpg" in each album folder.
i will ask again 
