In Media Player 12 double albums?

I use the 12 media set.  I have a few albums that appear as duplicates. We show all mp3 files and the other shows the wma files.  When I go in the music directory, I just file for this album, and it shows all the wma files.  If I do a search for one of the titles of song file in the directory of the music, I get 2 files found, one as a wma and the other as an mp3 player, both showing the location of the directory even album.  Anyone has any ideas on what could cause this?  It's driving me crazy.

Hi JoeMagie,

Thanks for posting your query in the Microsoft community!

I understand that the songs are duplicated in your Windows media player. I will try to help you with this.

To delete duplicate entries, click on another feature tab in the drive (for example the current playback), and then click library.

If it eliminates the duplicate of your library entries, you can right click on the music file and click 'open file location '. To check if the location of the file is the same or different. This will let us know if there are entries in double or not.

If only a small number of duplicate entries exist, you can delete those invalid manually by double-clicking the invalid entry and then clicking on delete.

If you have a large number of entries in doubles in your library (or if your library is duplicated), it might be better to create a new library.

Method 1: To resolve this problem, delete the Windows Media Player database. To do this, follow these steps:

1. exit Windows Media Player.

2. for Windows 7: click Start, run, type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player, and then click OK.

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

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

4. restart Windows Media Player.

Note: Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.

Method 2: 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 7, click Start, click Run, type % LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft and then click OK.

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

4. restart Windows Media Player.

Note: Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.

For more information, visit the following link:

Remove items from the Windows Media Player library

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/remove-items-from-the-Windows-Media-Player-library

The Windows Media Player library: frequently asked questions

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/Windows-Media-Player-library-frequently-asked-questions

Method 3: How can I prevent double or invalid entries to be added to my library when I play music files?

When you move digital media files on your computer, the file name and file path information remain unchanged in your library. Then when you select a file to play to its new location, a new entry is created in your library if you select the option automatically added to your library when played. As a result, your library can quickly contain a large number of entries, duplicate or invalid.

To prevent it be automatically added to your library of music files

1. in Windows Media Player, on the Tools menu, click Options.

2. on the Player tab, clear the files of music to add to the library when played check box.

Now, when you play music on your computer or the Internet, the file will not be added automatically to your library.

Please report if you are still having the problem. I will be happy to provide you with the additional options that you can use to get the problem resolved.

We can't wait to hear back on your part.

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