Why is it when I delete a music file in media player that it won't disappear

Why is it when I delete some music files on windows media player that they won't go away?

Hello billyvidrine,
 
 
Thank you for the question!

It is disheartening to know that have problems you with Windows Media Player. As I understand it, you are not able to remove Windows Media Player music files.

I need to ask you some questions to help you best.

1. do you get an error message when you try to delete the music files?

2. were there any changes (hardware or software) to the computer before the show?

This problem occurs if the Windows Media Player library database is corrupted. Try these steps and check the result.


Method 1: Clear the Windows Media Player database
has. click on Start > type run > click run > Type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Playerand then click OK.
b. Select all 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.

c. restart Windows Media Player.

Note: Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.
 
Method 2: If the problem persists, delete the Windows Media Player database cache files

a. click on Start > type run > click Run > type % LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft , and then click OK.
b. Select the folder Media Playerand then click on Delete on the file menu.
c. restart Windows Media Player.
Note: Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.

d. check if the problem persists.
 
 

Meet us if you encounter problems with Windows Media Player or any other problem of Windows, and I'd be happy to help you again and try to correct the problem as soon as possible.

Good day!

 
 
Hope this information helps.

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