Can't delete dead links in media liabery WMP11 Vista

I have WMP 11 for Vista.

I have a problem with dead links in my media liabery. When I have deleted
files or folders from my hard-drive the titles/folders are still sometimes
shown in the library and also on my xbox360. It's impossible to delte the
link from the library. Nothing happens when I try to do that. I think this
problem is related with the media-sharing to the xnox360. Sometimes it also
leaves the whole folder in the library and xbox360. Now I have full of dead
links I can't delete.

What to do?

Help needed. Thanks

A possibility, download 'Showman' from David Taylors excellent free website,
link below. It's a utility that shows you the usage of your hard drive. Run
the program and select your 'C' drive, it takes a minute or two to do this
and then check to see how much is in the recycle bin. I had the same problem
with links showing up to non existent files and it turned out to be the
recycle bin was corrupt. It showed empty when viewed, but 'Showman' revealed
that I had 25 odd gigs in it.

If this is the case the answer is as follows.

Control Panel (Classic View) > Folder Options > View > uncheck 'Hide
protected operating system files' > Click Yes to the warning message.

Computer > 'C' Drive. You'll see a hidden folder called $RECYCLE.BIN >
Delete this folder, click 'Yes' or OK to the warning messages, Windows will
immediately create a new one, it it doesn't, press f5.
You may get a message saying 'Can't delete, file in use' If you do, restart
the machine and you will be able to delete it.

Recheck 'Hide protected operating system files' in the control panel, it's
important that you do this.

This came to light for me when using Webroot's Window Washer. A wash was
taking forever and showing me files that I knew I had deleted. It seems that
if you delete very big files, over 3 or 4 gigs which I had been doing,
(Camcorder files), the recycle bin can't cope with it.

Regards,

Alan.

http://www.david-taylor.myby.co.uk/software/disk.html


"Hilding" <Hilding@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E562ABA8-3E48-4B0C-8F9E-925F08119483@microsoft.com...
>I have WMP 11 for Vista.
>
> I have a problem with dead links in my media liabery. When I have deleted
> files or folders from my hard-drive the titles/folders are still sometimes
> shown in the library and also on my xbox360. It's impossible to delte the
> link from the library. Nothing happens when I try to do that. I think this
> problem is related with the media-sharing to the xnox360. Sometimes it
> also
> leaves the whole folder in the library and xbox360. Now I have full of
> dead
> links I can't delete.
>
> What to do?
>
> Help needed. Thanks

Thanks Alan but this did not solve my problem. Showman says my Recycke Bin is
empty.

I think the problem can be more related to that I share the files with my
xbox360 because I can see deleted folders on the TV. They are not shown in
WMP:s library. There I can only see the deleted files. When I look on the
path for the file is show the location it was in before it got deleted.

Any other suggestions?

"Alan" wrote:

> A possibility, download 'Showman' from David Taylors excellent free website,
> link below. It's a utility that shows you the usage of your hard drive. Run
> the program and select your 'C' drive, it takes a minute or two to do this
> and then check to see how much is in the recycle bin. I had the same problem
> with links showing up to non existent files and it turned out to be the
> recycle bin was corrupt. It showed empty when viewed, but 'Showman' revealed
> that I had 25 odd gigs in it.
>
> If this is the case the answer is as follows.
>
> Control Panel (Classic View) > Folder Options > View > uncheck 'Hide
> protected operating system files' > Click Yes to the warning message.
>
> Computer > 'C' Drive. You'll see a hidden folder called $RECYCLE.BIN >
> Delete this folder, click 'Yes' or OK to the warning messages, Windows will
> immediately create a new one, it it doesn't, press f5.
> You may get a message saying 'Can't delete, file in use' If you do, restart
> the machine and you will be able to delete it.
>
> Recheck 'Hide protected operating system files' in the control panel, it's
> important that you do this.
>
> This came to light for me when using Webroot's Window Washer. A wash was
> taking forever and showing me files that I knew I had deleted. It seems that
> if you delete very big files, over 3 or 4 gigs which I had been doing,
> (Camcorder files), the recycle bin can't cope with it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alan.
>
> http://www.david-taylor.myby.co.uk/software/disk.html
>
>
> "Hilding" <Hilding@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E562ABA8-3E48-4B0C-8F9E-925F08119483@microsoft.com...
> >I have WMP 11 for Vista.
> >
> > I have a problem with dead links in my media liabery. When I have deleted
> > files or folders from my hard-drive the titles/folders are still sometimes
> > shown in the library and also on my xbox360. It's impossible to delte the
> > link from the library. Nothing happens when I try to do that. I think this
> > problem is related with the media-sharing to the xnox360. Sometimes it
> > also
> > leaves the whole folder in the library and xbox360. Now I have full of
> > dead
> > links I can't delete.
> >
> > What to do?
> >
> > Help needed. Thanks
>
>

Oh well, nothing lost. I'm afraid I don't have any other ideas. Good luck
and hope you find a solution,
Regards,
Alan.
"Hilding" <Hilding@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0BA3FB9B-5035-4D03-A2C7-5487A488FB35@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Alan but this did not solve my problem. Showman says my Recycke Bin
> is
> empty.
>
> I think the problem can be more related to that I share the files with my
> xbox360 because I can see deleted folders on the TV. They are not shown in
> WMP:s library. There I can only see the deleted files. When I look on the
> path for the file is show the location it was in before it got deleted.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> "Alan" wrote:
>
>> A possibility, download 'Showman' from David Taylors excellent free
>> website,
>> link below. It's a utility that shows you the usage of your hard drive.
>> Run
>> the program and select your 'C' drive, it takes a minute or two to do
>> this
>> and then check to see how much is in the recycle bin. I had the same
>> problem
>> with links showing up to non existent files and it turned out to be the
>> recycle bin was corrupt. It showed empty when viewed, but 'Showman'
>> revealed
>> that I had 25 odd gigs in it.
>>
>> If this is the case the answer is as follows.
>>
>> Control Panel (Classic View) > Folder Options > View > uncheck 'Hide
>> protected operating system files' > Click Yes to the warning message.
>>
>> Computer > 'C' Drive. You'll see a hidden folder called $RECYCLE.BIN >
>> Delete this folder, click 'Yes' or OK to the warning messages, Windows
>> will
>> immediately create a new one, it it doesn't, press f5.
>> You may get a message saying 'Can't delete, file in use' If you do,
>> restart
>> the machine and you will be able to delete it.
>>
>> Recheck 'Hide protected operating system files' in the control panel,
>> it's
>> important that you do this.
>>
>> This came to light for me when using Webroot's Window Washer. A wash was
>> taking forever and showing me files that I knew I had deleted. It seems
>> that
>> if you delete very big files, over 3 or 4 gigs which I had been doing,
>> (Camcorder files), the recycle bin can't cope with it.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Alan.
>>
>> http://www.david-taylor.myby.co.uk/software/disk.html
>>
>>
>> "Hilding" <Hilding@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E562ABA8-3E48-4B0C-8F9E-925F08119483@microsoft.com...
>> >I have WMP 11 for Vista.
>> >
>> > I have a problem with dead links in my media liabery. When I have
>> > deleted
>> > files or folders from my hard-drive the titles/folders are still
>> > sometimes
>> > shown in the library and also on my xbox360. It's impossible to delte
>> > the
>> > link from the library. Nothing happens when I try to do that. I think
>> > this
>> > problem is related with the media-sharing to the xnox360. Sometimes it
>> > also
>> > leaves the whole folder in the library and xbox360. Now I have full of
>> > dead
>> > links I can't delete.
>> >
>> > What to do?
>> >
>> > Help needed. Thanks
>>
>>

What happesn if you completely reset the library?
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#medialibrary

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"Hilding" <Hilding@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E562ABA8-3E48-4B0C-8F9E-925F08119483@microsoft.com...
>I have WMP 11 for Vista.
>
> I have a problem with dead links in my media liabery. When I have deleted
> files or folders from my hard-drive the titles/folders are still sometimes
> shown in the library and also on my xbox360. It's impossible to delte the
> link from the library. Nothing happens when I try to do that. I think this
> problem is related with the media-sharing to the xnox360. Sometimes it
> also
> leaves the whole folder in the library and xbox360. Now I have full of
> dead
> links I can't delete.
>
> What to do?
>
> Help needed. Thanks