According to MS Help and Support, Vista WMP 11 monitors only default or
selected folders on your computer. It will not automatically add played files
from a removable storage device or from a shared network.
Library tab > Add to library > Advanced options shows where Library monitors
files.
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"Sheila P" wrote:
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> I am also having the same problems with Vista not adding songs from my
> external. It took about a week for the songs to even show up in my external
> when looking through Vista.
>
> "DPK" wrote:
> Quote:
> > I have been having problems since I moved from XP to Vista Ultimate
> > very recently with WMP11's library. My music collection is on an external
> > USB-connected drive (J and was previously indexed just fine with WMP11 on
> > the XP machine. I plugged the drive into the new Vista box and put the drive
> > / path in the "Add to library" dialogue but it could only find about 30 of my
> > albums - the other 200+ are missing.
> >
> > I've followed and actioned all the suggestions around deleting the
> > CurrentDatabase_360 (took me a while to find out how to stop the network
> > sharing service so I could delete it but I found it in the end through Task
> > Manager) but everytime, it just finds the same album folders each time.
> > Checking their properties, I cannot see any difference between a folder /
> > file that is indexed and one that isn't (securities, permissions, etc.).
> >
> > Also, if I open a track in WMP11 from one of the 'missing' albums to play
> > it, it adds the track to the library. Weird! Even weirder, if I add a
> > direct path to one of the missing album folders and "Add to library" again,
> > it still can't find the album.
> >
> > Any idea? This is driving me nuts!
> >
> > Daniel