Downloaded audio files listed is no longer in the drive Windows Media

Windows media player for vista

Downloading music is my media player so I closed it came back the next day all my music disappeared. That's happened?

Hi lzbthfowler,

Since you are unable to display all the songs in the Windows Media Player library, library database could have corrupted.

To resolve this problem, delete the Windows Media Player database. To do this, follow the steps mentioned in the link below

You cannot view, add, or delete items in the library of Windows Media Player 11

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/925718

Thank you, and in what concerns:

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