Windows Media Player doesn’t add files to the library automatically except for playlists

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Recently I've moved the music from a portable drive to the hard drive. Ever since then Windows Media Player can't detect the files in the music folder no matter what I do. I tried to delete the databases of media player in AppData, I tried resetting the settings by running msdt.exe -id WindowsMediaPlayerConfigurationDiagnostic, I tried removing and adding the music folder to the music library, I tried reinstalling Media Player – nothing helps.

What is intersting, though, that Media Player added the playlists I had in the folder, and also MP2 and MIDI files. Also if I play the files from the music folder manually, they appear in the library. But Media Player doesn't want to add all other files automatically.

I have WMP12 running on Windows 8 Professional 64-bit.

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The solution for me is as weird as the issue itself, but since I've already created the question, I'll provide the answer as well.

All I needed to do is to duplicate a file in the music folder and to remove it. After that Media Player started to add all other files. I have previously moved all the files to another folder and then brought them back, and that didn't help though, so the solution is even stranger.

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just tryied myself. basically I wanted to save my library from external HD created with XP, and import in MP12 on Win7. No way to import it! So I opened the library with text pad, and it shows up as text file. The I have created a dummy playlist with MP12 (I called it "test") and open it with note pad as well. So, it is done! You just have to copy your original playlist (in my case the one created with XP) into the new one created by MP12.

For me, I had to cheange the header and everything went fine:

With MP11 in XP my header was:

<?wpl version="1.0"?>
<smil>
    <head>
        <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Windows Media Player -- 11.0.5721.5268"/>

That I had to change into:

<smil>
    <head>
        <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Windows Media Player -- 12.0.7600.16385"/>

and copied the rest of the file location and titles.

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This article describes how to reset the Windows Media Player Library, you could try it.

Close Microsoft Media Player for at least 30 seconds.

Click Start and then Run.

Type the following into the text box:

%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player

Click OK and a folder showing you your library files will appear.

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