UNABLE TO REFRESH MUSIC LIBRARY IN WMP11

I had to copy copy My Music folder from my PC1 to PC2. Before I did this, I
saved My Music folder on PC2 and renamed it My Music-old, then I copied the
contents of My Music from PC1 to My Music folder in PC2 via my network. I
later deleted My Music-old.

When I try to play the songs in WMP11, I am unable to refresh the music
library and I only see a ghost list of duplicate music tracks listed from
the old folder that was deleted. These old folders are no longer on my hard
drive but WMP11 still shows them as ghosts files in the Music Library. I
have tried to delete the Music Library using every possible method available
in WMP11, and I even uninstalled the program in safe mode, then reinstalled
it but the ghost music library still appears and if I try to click on a song
to play it, I get a message that the track is missing (since WMP11 is
pointing to music files that are deleted off the drive). I tried again to
refresh the library but WMP11 won't do so and won't find "My Music" folder
even though the location is the same default location as before on my local
drive for PC2.

Since I was not able to figure how to fix the problem, I deleted WMP11 and
rolled back to WMP9 which works with no problems. I tried once more to
upgrade to WMP11 but the same problem with it creating a ghost music library
keeps happening.

Is there any knowledge base article or hotfix or any solution for this
problem?

Thank you.

In wmp11
- check the settings of rip folder and monitor folder, remove any folder you
don't want.
- in the navigation pane, expand folders and delete the folders you don't want

If this won't help
- kill all running instances of WMP using taskmanager
- delete the library
- rescan


"David Ocampo" wrote:

> I had to copy copy My Music folder from my PC1 to PC2. Before I did this, I
> saved My Music folder on PC2 and renamed it My Music-old, then I copied the
> contents of My Music from PC1 to My Music folder in PC2 via my network. I
> later deleted My Music-old.
>
> When I try to play the songs in WMP11, I am unable to refresh the music
> library and I only see a ghost list of duplicate music tracks listed from
> the old folder that was deleted. These old folders are no longer on my hard
> drive but WMP11 still shows them as ghosts files in the Music Library. I
> have tried to delete the Music Library using every possible method available
> in WMP11, and I even uninstalled the program in safe mode, then reinstalled
> it but the ghost music library still appears and if I try to click on a song
> to play it, I get a message that the track is missing (since WMP11 is
> pointing to music files that are deleted off the drive). I tried again to
> refresh the library but WMP11 won't do so and won't find "My Music" folder
> even though the location is the same default location as before on my local
> drive for PC2.
>
> Since I was not able to figure how to fix the problem, I deleted WMP11 and
> rolled back to WMP9 which works with no problems. I tried once more to
> upgrade to WMP11 but the same problem with it creating a ghost music library
> keeps happening.
>
> Is there any knowledge base article or hotfix or any solution for this
> problem?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>

I think the old database is still thinking the old stuff is there. If you
delete the folder

C:\Documents and Settings\<&current user>\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Media Player

WMP11 should forget about your old stuff and start fresh.

Wilkes

"David Ocampo" <davemailbox900@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:IgWJj.260$%V7.154@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net...
>I had to copy copy My Music folder from my PC1 to PC2. Before I did this,
>I saved My Music folder on PC2 and renamed it My Music-old, then I copied
>the contents of My Music from PC1 to My Music folder in PC2 via my network.
>I later deleted My Music-old.
>
> When I try to play the songs in WMP11, I am unable to refresh the music
> library and I only see a ghost list of duplicate music tracks listed from
> the old folder that was deleted. These old folders are no longer on my
> hard drive but WMP11 still shows them as ghosts files in the Music
> Library. I have tried to delete the Music Library using every possible
> method available in WMP11, and I even uninstalled the program in safe
> mode, then reinstalled it but the ghost music library still appears and if
> I try to click on a song to play it, I get a message that the track is
> missing (since WMP11 is pointing to music files that are deleted off the
> drive). I tried again to refresh the library but WMP11 won't do so and
> won't find "My Music" folder even though the location is the same default
> location as before on my local drive for PC2.
>
> Since I was not able to figure how to fix the problem, I deleted WMP11 and
> rolled back to WMP9 which works with no problems. I tried once more to
> upgrade to WMP11 but the same problem with it creating a ghost music
> library keeps happening.
>
> Is there any knowledge base article or hotfix or any solution for this
> problem?
>
> Thank you.
>
>