Impossible to delete the files from the Windows Media Player library

Cannot delete files from library

There are files in my library that I deleted the files, but the items still appear in my library. An example would be the items stored in the folder 'Public '.  When I right click on the file and choose 'Remove', nothing happens.  Any suggestions on how to get these files is no library WMP?  I tried already to 'Restore the library' and I also tried "sfc/scannow", which did not find any problem.

It seems to be a corrupt library file.  In any case of the deletion and re-creation of who?

Thanks in advance for any given input.  If any other detail is necessary, please do not hesitate to ask.

-Greg

Hi GregRN,

Thank you for using the Microsoft Answers forums.

Delete the database of Windows Media Player and check if the problem persists.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. exit Windows Media Player.

2. click on Start, click run, type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player, and then click OK.

3. Select all the files in the folder, and then click delete on the file menu.

Note You don't have to remove the folders that are in this folder.

4. restart Windows Media Player.

If this does not resolve the problem, disable the Windows Media Player database cache files. To do this, follow these steps:

1. exit Windows Media Player.

2. If you are running Windows Vista, click Start, click run, type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft, and then click OK.

3. Select the Media Player folder, and then click delete on the file menu.

4. restart Windows Media Player.

For more information visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925718 (this article is for windows media player 11 but also works for windows media player 12)

Hope this information is useful.

Let me know if it worked.

Thank you, and in what concerns:

Umesh P - Microsoft Support

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