Vista - WMP11 (Vista) faulty

My WMP11 has spontaenously "broke" so to say. Previously, in the Library tab,
when I left clicked on a playlist, the contents of that playlist would appear
in the main section and I would be able to select individual songs to play,
re-name songs, rate songs etc but now that's all changed for some reason.
When I create a playlist, the new playlist is in the playlist folder but does
not appear in the playlist list (It's been expanded so all playlists show
also).

When I left click on a playlist the main section of the library tab doesn't
change and the only way I can see the contents of the playlist (whilst still
under the Library tab) is to double click on a playlist to start it playing
then click on the "Now Playing" icon further down the collapasable tree
section. Also I can no longer re-name songs and I can't rate songs anymore.

Does anyone have any ideas how to fix my problem, any help would be greatly
appreciated as it's starting to annoy me. Also is there a way to re-install
WMP11?

On Fri, 4 May 2007 05:30:01 -0700, Stephen K
<StephenK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My WMP11 has spontaenously "broke" so to say. Previously, in the Library tab,
>when I left clicked on a playlist, the contents of that playlist would appear
>in the main section and I would be able to select individual songs to play,
>re-name songs, rate songs etc but now that's all changed for some reason.
>When I create a playlist, the new playlist is in the playlist folder but does
>not appear in the playlist list (It's been expanded so all playlists show
>also).
>
>When I left click on a playlist the main section of the library tab doesn't
>change and the only way I can see the contents of the playlist (whilst still
>under the Library tab) is to double click on a playlist to start it playing
>then click on the "Now Playing" icon further down the collapasable tree
>section. Also I can no longer re-name songs and I can't rate songs anymore.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas how to fix my problem, any help would be greatly
>appreciated as it's starting to annoy me. Also is there a way to re-install
>WMP11?
Video card drivers are probably faulty, try downloading and installing
new updated ones. Also go here and download the latest Direct X
drivers from MS. They change about every 30 to 60 days:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Just wondering but how are my video card drivers related to viewing
playlists? I've got the April release version of the Direct X drivers and I
haven't had any problems with WMP11 and my video card drivers in the past.

"f/fgeorge" wrote:

> On Fri, 4 May 2007 05:30:01 -0700, Stephen K
> <StephenK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >My WMP11 has spontaenously "broke" so to say. Previously, in the Library tab,
> >when I left clicked on a playlist, the contents of that playlist would appear
> >in the main section and I would be able to select individual songs to play,
> >re-name songs, rate songs etc but now that's all changed for some reason.
> >When I create a playlist, the new playlist is in the playlist folder but does
> >not appear in the playlist list (It's been expanded so all playlists show
> >also).
> >
> >When I left click on a playlist the main section of the library tab doesn't
> >change and the only way I can see the contents of the playlist (whilst still
> >under the Library tab) is to double click on a playlist to start it playing
> >then click on the "Now Playing" icon further down the collapasable tree
> >section. Also I can no longer re-name songs and I can't rate songs anymore.
> >
> >Does anyone have any ideas how to fix my problem, any help would be greatly
> >appreciated as it's starting to annoy me. Also is there a way to re-install
> >WMP11?
> Video card drivers are probably faulty, try downloading and installing
> new updated ones. Also go here and download the latest Direct X
> drivers from MS. They change about every 30 to 60 days:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
>

Those symptoms seem to be indicative of a library corruption - does
http;//zachd.com/pss/pss.html#medialibrary
reset you back to normal?

--
Speaking for myself only.
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"Stephen K" <StephenK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:32518016-5207-4250-98B4-3D9668F378AC@microsoft.com...
> My WMP11 has spontaenously "broke" so to say. Previously, in the Library
> tab,
> when I left clicked on a playlist, the contents of that playlist would
> appear
> in the main section and I would be able to select individual songs to
> play,
> re-name songs, rate songs etc but now that's all changed for some reason.
> When I create a playlist, the new playlist is in the playlist folder but
> does
> not appear in the playlist list (It's been expanded so all playlists show
> also).
>
> When I left click on a playlist the main section of the library tab
> doesn't
> change and the only way I can see the contents of the playlist (whilst
> still
> under the Library tab) is to double click on a playlist to start it
> playing
> then click on the "Now Playing" icon further down the collapasable tree
> section. Also I can no longer re-name songs and I can't rate songs
> anymore.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas how to fix my problem, any help would be
> greatly
> appreciated as it's starting to annoy me. Also is there a way to
> re-install
> WMP11?

Yep, that has fixed the problem, thank you for the help.

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> Those symptoms seem to be indicative of a library corruption - does
> http;//zachd.com/pss/pss.html#medialibrary
> reset you back to normal?
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
>
> "Stephen K" <StephenK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:32518016-5207-4250-98B4-3D9668F378AC@microsoft.com...
> > My WMP11 has spontaenously "broke" so to say. Previously, in the Library
> > tab,
> > when I left clicked on a playlist, the contents of that playlist would
> > appear
> > in the main section and I would be able to select individual songs to
> > play,
> > re-name songs, rate songs etc but now that's all changed for some reason.
> > When I create a playlist, the new playlist is in the playlist folder but
> > does
> > not appear in the playlist list (It's been expanded so all playlists show
> > also).
> >
> > When I left click on a playlist the main section of the library tab
> > doesn't
> > change and the only way I can see the contents of the playlist (whilst
> > still
> > under the Library tab) is to double click on a playlist to start it
> > playing
> > then click on the "Now Playing" icon further down the collapasable tree
> > section. Also I can no longer re-name songs and I can't rate songs
> > anymore.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas how to fix my problem, any help would be
> > greatly
> > appreciated as it's starting to annoy me. Also is there a way to
> > re-install
> > WMP11?
>
>
>