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Thread ID: 108939	2010-04-17 22:18:00	Did That JAVA Toolkit Dump Kill My WMP11?	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
877634	2010-04-17 22:18:00	This is odd ------------------ :waughh: After that JAVA dump by Firefox, now I cannot access the files in my WMP11 again! I rolled back to WMP9 and that's not OK . It runs OK, but I don't like the GUI of WMP9 . So I tried to upgrade to WMP10 but I get a card telling me that WMP10 won't work on my XP-Pro now when it USED TO! Who's messing with whom here? :yuck:	SurferJoe46 (51)
877635	2010-04-17 23:10:00	Mine runs fine although I don't normally use it I use VLC or media player classic	gary67 (56)
877636	2010-04-17 23:16:00	I normally disable WMP in any MS OS along with Messenger, Outlook and IE. (Do people actually use those things? If so, I admire their fortitude.)	R2x1 (4628)
877637	2010-04-17 23:35:00	WMP11 works fine here. (R2x1: yes, VLC sometimes has problems playing WMV files.)	pcuser42 (130)
877638	2010-04-17 23:39:00	I normally disable WMP in any MS OS along with Messenger, Outlook and IE . (Do people actually use those things? If so, I admire their fortitude . ) Hmmmm . But I LIKE the GUI . It's gonna hurt if I have to lose all the album pixs and info that it has . I've had issues with WMP before too . It seems when you hit 14,000-plus MP3s, it gets a little nuts-o . and I'm there now so it may not be a JAVA coincidence that it pooped out now . But why won't WMP10 be allowed back in? I can go from 11 to 9 and back to 11, but it skips 10 all together . Well - I can't really get 11 back as it still loses all the files .	SurferJoe46 (51)
877639	2010-04-17 23:45:00	What happens when you try and access the files?? An error comes up? WMP crashes? I doubt Java would cause it	Speedy Gonzales (78)
877640	2010-04-18 00:46:00	Hi Surfer Joe Guess I'm one of those crazys, like you who actually likes Windows Media Player . Originally Posted by R2x1 I normally disable WMP in any MS OS along with Messenger, Outlook and IE . (Do people actually use those things? If so, I admire their fortitude . ) Sure, it has it's problems but if you hang in there, you learn to overcome them and then WMP 11 is a great little player . I have found many of the problems can be overcome by a little work and a free download called MP3 Tag ( . mp3tag . de/en/download . html" target="_blank">www . mp3tag . de) . Using this and filling out the information fields can be hard work, do a little each day . Embed the album art and you are in business, looks great on your MP3 player . Alternately, you can use Advanced Tag Editor within WMP 11 . Using one location for your music helps too . Now getting to your problem Surfer Joe . Can't help with WMP 9 or 10 but your problem with WMP 11 is a corrupted database . Here's how to fix it . 1 . Exit WMP . Goto CONTROL PANEL> ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS>SERVICES 2 . Turn off any Service with Windows Media Player in it's name . 3 . Goto RUN - type or copy and paste the following line: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player\ 4 . Create a folder named OLD in the new window . 5 . Drag and drop the existing files into the new folder . Leave ART CACHE . Close Window . 6 . Restart any SERVICES you turned off . 7 . Open WMP 11 . Goto LIBRARY, ADD TO LIBRARY . 8 . Check your MONITORED FOLDERS . Tick the ADD FILES PREVIOUSLY DELETED FROM LIBRARY . 9 . Click OK . Let WMP search for music files . 10 . Done!! BURNZEE	Burnzee (6950)
877641	2010-04-18 02:37:00	Hi Surfer Joe Guess I'm one of those crazys, like you who actually likes Windows Media Player . Sure, it has it's problems but if you hang in there, you learn to overcome them and then WMP 11 is a great little player . I have found many of the problems can be overcome by a little work and a free download called MP3 Tag ( . mp3tag . de/en/download . html" target="_blank">www . mp3tag . de) . Using this and filling out the information fields can be hard work, do a little each day . Embed the album art and you are in business, looks great on your MP3 player . Alternately, you can use Advanced Tag Editor within WMP 11 . Using one location for your music helps too . I DO THAT ALREADY I C/P'd and printed the instructions out . It looks like it's NOT Linux so I may get it to work for me . Thanks . . . . . Now getting to your problem Surfer Joe . Can't help with WMP 9 or 10 but your problem with WMP 11 is a corrupted database . Here's how to fix it . 1 . Exit WMP . Goto CONTROL PANEL> ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS>SERVICES 2 . Turn off any Service with Windows Media Player in it's name . 3 . Goto RUN - type or copy and paste the following line: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player\ 4 . Create a folder named OLD in the new window . 5 . Drag and drop the existing files into the new folder . Leave ART CACHE . Close Window . 6 . Restart any SERVICES you turned off . 7 . Open WMP 11 . Goto LIBRARY, ADD TO LIBRARY . 8 . Check your MONITORED FOLDERS . Tick the ADD FILES PREVIOUSLY DELETED FROM LIBRARY . 9 . Click OK . Let WMP search for music files . 10 . Done!! BURNZEE Thanks a lot .	SurferJoe46 (51)
877642	2010-04-18 02:42:00	What happens when you try and access the files?? An error comes up? WMP crashes? I doubt Java would cause it The files are there OK . I can play them in any other player I have - but I like WMP11 . Anyway - when I reload WMP11, all it does is sits there and hums . It goes nowhere and reports that there are no files associated with it that it can find . I have all my MP3s in a 'special' place to keep them safe unlike the LAST time I went through this and Linux sanitized my all my harddrives - YES HARDDRIVES --- IN PLURAL!!!	SurferJoe46 (51)
877643	2010-04-18 03:03:00	The files are there OK . I can play them in any other player I have - but I like WMP11 . Anyway - when I reload WMP11, all it does is sits there and hums . It goes nowhere and reports that there are no files associated with it that it can find . I have all my MP3s in a 'special' place to keep them safe unlike the LAST time I went through this and Linux sanitized my all my harddrives - YES HARDDRIVES --- IN PLURAL!!! Silly question, have you directed the clean install of wmp to your safe location of your mp3's?	plod (107)
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