Vista - wmp11 vista loss library

Media Player shows an empty library. It was fine until last week. I keep
trying to have it monitor my folder with music but it won't retain any folder
name.

I have the same problem. The library doesn't index my musics. It allows me
to add in monitor folder path, but it still doesn't add those musics into my
library. It always shows 0 music added.


"mohican83" <mohican83@discussions.microsoft.com> 写入消�
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> Media Player shows an empty library. It was fine until last week. I keep
> trying to have it monitor my folder with music but it won't retain any
> folder
> name.

Tom, rename the
1. Media Player folder(not the wmdb files)
2. Open Media Player
3. Open the monitor folders dialog box(your folder names should be there now)
4. Close it and choose the apply all media changes command

that should work(worked for me) sorry it took so long to figure it out


"Tom" wrote:

> I have the same problem. The library doesn't index my musics. It allows me
> to add in monitor folder path, but it still doesn't add those musics into my
> library. It always shows 0 music added.
>
>
> "mohican83" <mohican83@discussions.microsoft.com> 写入消�
> news:ACBB3C5F-754C-42B1-BBFD-95A286B97C33@microsoft.com...
> > Media Player shows an empty library. It was fine until last week. I keep
> > trying to have it monitor my folder with music but it won't retain any
> > folder
> > name.
>
>

Take a look at the thread '"No pictures were found" but they are really
there!' - this might be a related problem.

"Tom" wrote:

> I have the same problem. The library doesn't index my musics. It allows me
> to add in monitor folder path, but it still doesn't add those musics into my
> library. It always shows 0 music added.
>
>
> "mohican83" <mohican83@discussions.microsoft.com> 写入消�
> news:ACBB3C5F-754C-42B1-BBFD-95A286B97C33@microsoft.com...
> > Media Player shows an empty library. It was fine until last week. I keep
> > trying to have it monitor my folder with music but it won't retain any
> > folder
> > name.
>
>

As Mohican suggested, by renameing the media player folder sloves the
problem.
The "no pictures were found" problem is different. This problem is becasue
of Nero.

"GreggP" <NospamTemp003@nospam.nospam> 写入消�
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> Take a look at the thread '"No pictures were found" but they are really
> there!' - this might be a related problem.
>
> "Tom" wrote:
>
>> I have the same problem. The library doesn't index my musics. It allows
>> me
>> to add in monitor folder path, but it still doesn't add those musics into
>> my
>> library. It always shows 0 music added.
>>
>>
>> "mohican83" <mohican83@discussions.microsoft.com> 写入消�
>> news:ACBB3C5F-754C-42B1-BBFD-95A286B97C33@microsoft.com...
>> > Media Player shows an empty library. It was fine until last week. I
>> > keep
>> > trying to have it monitor my folder with music but it won't retain any
>> > folder
>> > name.
>>
>>

It did not work for me. I have my music folders on a network drive, and
everything was working fine with Media Player 11 on XP. I clean installed
Vista Ultimate and now I can not view or add any folders to be monitored -
the library is empty.
I have tried several advises exept editing the registry. Pls Microsoft -
come up with a solution, I have paid for a product not working!
I'll not install Vista on my other systems untill the problem is solved.
Jostein

"Mohican83" wrote:

> Tom, rename the
> 1. Media Player folder(not the wmdb files)
> 2. Open Media Player
> 3. Open the monitor folders dialog box(your folder names should be there now)
> 4. Close it and choose the apply all media changes command
>
> that should work(worked for me) sorry it took so long to figure it out
>
>
> "Tom" wrote:
>
> > I have the same problem. The library doesn't index my musics. It allows me
> > to add in monitor folder path, but it still doesn't add those musics into my
> > library. It always shows 0 music added.
> >
> >
> > "mohican83" <mohican83@discussions.microsoft.com> 写入消�
> > news:ACBB3C5F-754C-42B1-BBFD-95A286B97C33@microsoft.com...
> > > Media Player shows an empty library. It was fine until last week. I keep
> > > trying to have it monitor my folder with music but it won't retain any
> > > folder
> > > name.
> >
> >

see earlier posting entitled "Vista WMP11 not updating media library"

"Jostein" <Jostein@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2F8FB161-79B3-42F3-A3C9-025230F8CDAB@microsoft.com...
> It did not work for me. I have my music folders on a network drive, and
> everything was working fine with Media Player 11 on XP. I clean installed
> Vista Ultimate and now I can not view or add any folders to be monitored -
> the library is empty.
> I have tried several advises exept editing the registry. Pls Microsoft -
> come up with a solution, I have paid for a product not working!
> I'll not install Vista on my other systems untill the problem is solved.
> Jostein
>
> "Mohican83" wrote:
>
>> Tom, rename the
>> 1. Media Player folder(not the wmdb files)
>> 2. Open Media Player
>> 3. Open the monitor folders dialog box(your folder names should be there
>> now)
>> 4. Close it and choose the apply all media changes command
>>
>> that should work(worked for me) sorry it took so long to figure it out
>>
>>
>> "Tom" wrote:
>>
>> > I have the same problem. The library doesn't index my musics. It allows
>> > me
>> > to add in monitor folder path, but it still doesn't add those musics
>> > into my
>> > library. It always shows 0 music added.
>> >
>> >
>> > "mohican83" <mohican83@discussions.microsoft.com> 写入消�
>> > news:ACBB3C5F-754C-42B1-BBFD-95A286B97C33@microsoft.com...
>> > > Media Player shows an empty library. It was fine until last week. I
>> > > keep
>> > > trying to have it monitor my folder with music but it won't retain
>> > > any
>> > > folder
>> > > name.
>> >
>> >

Problem solved - almost :-)
I created a new account and started all over again - and now everything
works fine. Obviously the Easy File transfer mixed up something that created
problems for Vusta.
Lesson learned: Clean Install Vista - but don't use the Easy Transfer to
transfer settings from your old computer (even if it is only 1 year old, only
had one account and never installed any games).

Jostein

"Jostein" wrote:

> It did not work for me. I have my music folders on a network drive, and
> everything was working fine with Media Player 11 on XP. I clean installed
> Vista Ultimate and now I can not view or add any folders to be monitored -
> the library is empty.
> I have tried several advises exept editing the registry. Pls Microsoft -
> come up with a solution, I have paid for a product not working!
> I'll not install Vista on my other systems untill the problem is solved.
> Jostein
>
> "Mohican83" wrote:
>
> > Tom, rename the
> > 1. Media Player folder(not the wmdb files)
> > 2. Open Media Player
> > 3. Open the monitor folders dialog box(your folder names should be there now)
> > 4. Close it and choose the apply all media changes command
> >
> > that should work(worked for me) sorry it took so long to figure it out
> >
> >
> > "Tom" wrote:
> >
> > > I have the same problem. The library doesn't index my musics. It allows me
> > > to add in monitor folder path, but it still doesn't add those musics into my
> > > library. It always shows 0 music added.
> > >
> > >
> > > "mohican83" <mohican83@discussions.microsoft.com> 写入消�
> > > news:ACBB3C5F-754C-42B1-BBFD-95A286B97C33@microsoft.com...
> > > > Media Player shows an empty library. It was fine until last week. I keep
> > > > trying to have it monitor my folder with music but it won't retain any
> > > > folder
> > > > name.
> > >
> > >