Many thanks to Dale yet again...the link he posted was most useful.
I admit I did i in a slightly different way thanhe suggests. I did what the
link sugested. Copied over a 'clean' library from a seperate administrator
account. Works perfectly.
Thans again
"Dale" wrote:
> Rather than deleting the file, you need to rename the folder those files
> are in. Apparently, and I am only guessing from the behavior, WMP decides
> you have a library just by the existence of the folder. It seems pretty
> flawed to me, but it really does do better if you rename the folder rather
> than just delete the contents of the folder.
>
> Hopefully, that will let you start adding your music again.
>
> Dlae
>
> "ML_S" <MLS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0E3AB6A1-2E9F-46DF-9215-3C58E1E56083@microsoft.com...
> > Mant thanks to DAle.
> >
> > Not being a techno head it took me a few minutes to get my head round.
> > Eventuallty I opened said file up , deleted contents and resaved and
> > rebooted. and Lo! clear library.
> >
> > Thank you.......trouble is now I don't seem to be ale to add those folders
> > in MUSIC. Any Ideas??
> >
> > (So only the problem conectingly wireless to the internet and I'm happy !!
> > (see seperate post)).
> >
> > Yeah almost there. Thanks again
> >
> > "Dale" wrote:
> >
> >> It's amazing that you found several posts about the problem and didn't
> >> find
> >> any about resetting your library. It's a very common topic. Rename your
> >> library database folder following the steps at
> >> http://www.zachd.com/pss/pss.html#medialibrary.
> >>
> >> Dale
> >>
> >> "ML_S" <MLS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news
B033823-9ACB-4539-9724-AC3CE8967BB6@microsoft.com...
> >> > OK
> >> >
> >> > Lets hope this can be fixed. Ulitmate is alot of money but at the
> >> > moment I
> >> > had more time for XP!!!
> >> >
> >> > There have been several posts re-this but NO FIXES..COME ON MICROSOFT.
> >> >
> >> > PROBLEM: As I believe many did when I installed ULTIMATE my media
> >> > library
> >> > stoppped working as I couldn't get access to it via the old XP
> >> > folder....managed to get a work around and have now managed to transfer
> >> > all
> >> > my music to the new Vista MUSIC folder.
> >> >
> >> > However, Media Player and MCE will STILL not allow me to play them via
> >> > the
> >> > library. AND I CAN'T DELETE IT!!!!!
> >> >
> >> > How do I reset the library in both MP11 and MCE to check the new fil es
> >> > in
> >> > the NEW FOLDER.
> >> >
> >> > YES I have tried all the various deletes and NOTHING happens. The
> >> > library
> >> > will not delete.
> >> >
> >> > MY iTUNES has transfered ove fine but apparently MP11 & MCE still
> >> > appear
> >> > to
> >> > be looking in the old location.
> >> >
> >> > Please help before I regret upgrading.
> >>
> >>
>
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