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Vista Media Player 11 Duplicate files
I am running Vista Home Premium. When I set up my Media Player Library it
created duplicate and a few triplicates of each song. When playing an album it plays all the sounds including the duplicates. Has anyone seen this and have any ideas on a solution. I know I could delete them but that would take a very long with so many songs. Thank, Joel |
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Vista Media Player 11 Duplicate files
It is likely that you have multiple copies of your files on your hard drive
or that those files are accessible through multiple reparse points in your file system. The best solution is to open WMP in the Songs view. Right-click on any column header and select Choose Columns. Add the File Path column to the view. Click on the File Path column header to sort by file path. Now you can see which entries are the desired set and which are duplicates. Select all of the duplicates by using your favorite multi-select method and right-click and delete them. Do NOT tell WMP to delete them from your computer as well. If the files are duplicated by a reparse point, you could end up deleting both the duplicate library pointer to the file and the original file as well! If you think their are undesired duplicates on your computer, use Windows Explorer to delete them but if you're unsure, test by making a copy of a couple files to a safe location first and delete those couple of files and test in WMP. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... I am running Vista Home Premium. When I set up my Media Player Library it created duplicate and a few triplicates of each song. When playing an album it plays all the sounds including the duplicates. Has anyone seen this and have any ideas on a solution. I know I could delete them but that would take a very long with so many songs. Thank, Joel |
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Vista Media Player 11 Duplicate files
Dale,
You were right on the money. I had a back up on two other drives and it pulled the songs from all the drives. That's why I had the duplicates. I will not be able to fix it. Thanks, Joel "Dale" wrote: It is likely that you have multiple copies of your files on your hard drive or that those files are accessible through multiple reparse points in your file system. The best solution is to open WMP in the Songs view. Right-click on any column header and select Choose Columns. Add the File Path column to the view. Click on the File Path column header to sort by file path. Now you can see which entries are the desired set and which are duplicates. Select all of the duplicates by using your favorite multi-select method and right-click and delete them. Do NOT tell WMP to delete them from your computer as well. If the files are duplicated by a reparse point, you could end up deleting both the duplicate library pointer to the file and the original file as well! If you think their are undesired duplicates on your computer, use Windows Explorer to delete them but if you're unsure, test by making a copy of a couple files to a safe location first and delete those couple of files and test in WMP. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... I am running Vista Home Premium. When I set up my Media Player Library it created duplicate and a few triplicates of each song. When playing an album it plays all the sounds including the duplicates. Has anyone seen this and have any ideas on a solution. I know I could delete them but that would take a very long with so many songs. Thank, Joel |
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Vista Media Player 11 Duplicate files
It can be fixed. Just follow the directions I gave. If you only delete the
tracks from the library but not from your disk, then you will only have one copy in the library. If you add the File Path column and sort by it, you will see what I mean, I think. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... Dale, You were right on the money. I had a back up on two other drives and it pulled the songs from all the drives. That's why I had the duplicates. I will not be able to fix it. Thanks, Joel "Dale" wrote: It is likely that you have multiple copies of your files on your hard drive or that those files are accessible through multiple reparse points in your file system. The best solution is to open WMP in the Songs view. Right-click on any column header and select Choose Columns. Add the File Path column to the view. Click on the File Path column header to sort by file path. Now you can see which entries are the desired set and which are duplicates. Select all of the duplicates by using your favorite multi-select method and right-click and delete them. Do NOT tell WMP to delete them from your computer as well. If the files are duplicated by a reparse point, you could end up deleting both the duplicate library pointer to the file and the original file as well! If you think their are undesired duplicates on your computer, use Windows Explorer to delete them but if you're unsure, test by making a copy of a couple files to a safe location first and delete those couple of files and test in WMP. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... I am running Vista Home Premium. When I set up my Media Player Library it created duplicate and a few triplicates of each song. When playing an album it plays all the sounds including the duplicates. Has anyone seen this and have any ideas on a solution. I know I could delete them but that would take a very long with so many songs. Thank, Joel |
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Vista Media Player 11 Duplicate files
Dale,
I just wanted to let you know there is another way. First you must find the database file of the Media Library and delete it. This is located under User/xxx(the user name)/local/Microsoft/Media Player. Then open media player and go to File/Tools/Options and select the library tab. Click on advance and set the folder it monitors for music files. I did this and now have no more duplicates. You can add or remove folders in this area that you want to monitor. Joel "Dale" wrote: It can be fixed. Just follow the directions I gave. If you only delete the tracks from the library but not from your disk, then you will only have one copy in the library. If you add the File Path column and sort by it, you will see what I mean, I think. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... Dale, You were right on the money. I had a back up on two other drives and it pulled the songs from all the drives. That's why I had the duplicates. I will not be able to fix it. Thanks, Joel "Dale" wrote: It is likely that you have multiple copies of your files on your hard drive or that those files are accessible through multiple reparse points in your file system. The best solution is to open WMP in the Songs view. Right-click on any column header and select Choose Columns. Add the File Path column to the view. Click on the File Path column header to sort by file path. Now you can see which entries are the desired set and which are duplicates. Select all of the duplicates by using your favorite multi-select method and right-click and delete them. Do NOT tell WMP to delete them from your computer as well. If the files are duplicated by a reparse point, you could end up deleting both the duplicate library pointer to the file and the original file as well! If you think their are undesired duplicates on your computer, use Windows Explorer to delete them but if you're unsure, test by making a copy of a couple files to a safe location first and delete those couple of files and test in WMP. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... I am running Vista Home Premium. When I set up my Media Player Library it created duplicate and a few triplicates of each song. When playing an album it plays all the sounds including the duplicates. Has anyone seen this and have any ideas on a solution. I know I could delete them but that would take a very long with so many songs. Thank, Joel |
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Vista Media Player 11 Duplicate files
That's true, it will work, but it is a destructive method to accomplish the
task. Any customizations in the database and any historical information about when played, number of times played, when added to the library, etc. will be thrown out. Sort of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... Dale, I just wanted to let you know there is another way. First you must find the database file of the Media Library and delete it. This is located under User/xxx(the user name)/local/Microsoft/Media Player. Then open media player and go to File/Tools/Options and select the library tab. Click on advance and set the folder it monitors for music files. I did this and now have no more duplicates. You can add or remove folders in this area that you want to monitor. Joel "Dale" wrote: It can be fixed. Just follow the directions I gave. If you only delete the tracks from the library but not from your disk, then you will only have one copy in the library. If you add the File Path column and sort by it, you will see what I mean, I think. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... Dale, You were right on the money. I had a back up on two other drives and it pulled the songs from all the drives. That's why I had the duplicates. I will not be able to fix it. Thanks, Joel "Dale" wrote: It is likely that you have multiple copies of your files on your hard drive or that those files are accessible through multiple reparse points in your file system. The best solution is to open WMP in the Songs view. Right-click on any column header and select Choose Columns. Add the File Path column to the view. Click on the File Path column header to sort by file path. Now you can see which entries are the desired set and which are duplicates. Select all of the duplicates by using your favorite multi-select method and right-click and delete them. Do NOT tell WMP to delete them from your computer as well. If the files are duplicated by a reparse point, you could end up deleting both the duplicate library pointer to the file and the original file as well! If you think their are undesired duplicates on your computer, use Windows Explorer to delete them but if you're unsure, test by making a copy of a couple files to a safe location first and delete those couple of files and test in WMP. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... I am running Vista Home Premium. When I set up my Media Player Library it created duplicate and a few triplicates of each song. When playing an album it plays all the sounds including the duplicates. Has anyone seen this and have any ideas on a solution. I know I could delete them but that would take a very long with so many songs. Thank, Joel |
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Vista Media Player 11 Duplicate files
Dale,
Your right. This is a new system and I did not care about any customizatiions, since I did not have any. Joel "Dale" wrote: That's true, it will work, but it is a destructive method to accomplish the task. Any customizations in the database and any historical information about when played, number of times played, when added to the library, etc. will be thrown out. Sort of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... Dale, I just wanted to let you know there is another way. First you must find the database file of the Media Library and delete it. This is located under User/xxx(the user name)/local/Microsoft/Media Player. Then open media player and go to File/Tools/Options and select the library tab. Click on advance and set the folder it monitors for music files. I did this and now have no more duplicates. You can add or remove folders in this area that you want to monitor. Joel "Dale" wrote: It can be fixed. Just follow the directions I gave. If you only delete the tracks from the library but not from your disk, then you will only have one copy in the library. If you add the File Path column and sort by it, you will see what I mean, I think. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... Dale, You were right on the money. I had a back up on two other drives and it pulled the songs from all the drives. That's why I had the duplicates. I will not be able to fix it. Thanks, Joel "Dale" wrote: It is likely that you have multiple copies of your files on your hard drive or that those files are accessible through multiple reparse points in your file system. The best solution is to open WMP in the Songs view. Right-click on any column header and select Choose Columns. Add the File Path column to the view. Click on the File Path column header to sort by file path. Now you can see which entries are the desired set and which are duplicates. Select all of the duplicates by using your favorite multi-select method and right-click and delete them. Do NOT tell WMP to delete them from your computer as well. If the files are duplicated by a reparse point, you could end up deleting both the duplicate library pointer to the file and the original file as well! If you think their are undesired duplicates on your computer, use Windows Explorer to delete them but if you're unsure, test by making a copy of a couple files to a safe location first and delete those couple of files and test in WMP. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... I am running Vista Home Premium. When I set up my Media Player Library it created duplicate and a few triplicates of each song. When playing an album it plays all the sounds including the duplicates. Has anyone seen this and have any ideas on a solution. I know I could delete them but that would take a very long with so many songs. Thank, Joel |
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Vista Media Player 11 Duplicate files
HELP DALE or someone i did everything that is talked about on the problem but
the music files are still in media11 player but the dont work wont delete whats so wierd is i cant find any music files other than the saples that came with vista ultimate i cant reinstall or delete the player cant even reinstall vista nor fix the os and unlike xphome the os didnt do a system restore point so now im screwed only had this os for 5 days hell update dont even work niether "JoelRub" wrote: Dale, Your right. This is a new system and I did not care about any customizatiions, since I did not have any. Joel "Dale" wrote: That's true, it will work, but it is a destructive method to accomplish the task. Any customizations in the database and any historical information about when played, number of times played, when added to the library, etc. will be thrown out. Sort of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... Dale, I just wanted to let you know there is another way. First you must find the database file of the Media Library and delete it. This is located under User/xxx(the user name)/local/Microsoft/Media Player. Then open media player and go to File/Tools/Options and select the library tab. Click on advance and set the folder it monitors for music files. I did this and now have no more duplicates. You can add or remove folders in this area that you want to monitor. Joel "Dale" wrote: It can be fixed. Just follow the directions I gave. If you only delete the tracks from the library but not from your disk, then you will only have one copy in the library. If you add the File Path column and sort by it, you will see what I mean, I think. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... Dale, You were right on the money. I had a back up on two other drives and it pulled the songs from all the drives. That's why I had the duplicates. I will not be able to fix it. Thanks, Joel "Dale" wrote: It is likely that you have multiple copies of your files on your hard drive or that those files are accessible through multiple reparse points in your file system. The best solution is to open WMP in the Songs view. Right-click on any column header and select Choose Columns. Add the File Path column to the view. Click on the File Path column header to sort by file path. Now you can see which entries are the desired set and which are duplicates. Select all of the duplicates by using your favorite multi-select method and right-click and delete them. Do NOT tell WMP to delete them from your computer as well. If the files are duplicated by a reparse point, you could end up deleting both the duplicate library pointer to the file and the original file as well! If you think their are undesired duplicates on your computer, use Windows Explorer to delete them but if you're unsure, test by making a copy of a couple files to a safe location first and delete those couple of files and test in WMP. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... I am running Vista Home Premium. When I set up my Media Player Library it created duplicate and a few triplicates of each song. When playing an album it plays all the sounds including the duplicates. Has anyone seen this and have any ideas on a solution. I know I could delete them but that would take a very long with so many songs. Thank, Joel |
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Vista Media Player 11 Duplicate files
I did the same thing because I was unable to get my monitor folders to retain
added folders. I took a lunch break and when I came back the monitored folders were back folders and I could have Windows Media Player find all my music, including the samples. Side Note: I'm not sure if this was part of the reason it started working for me, but I did try going into Tools Options... Library and tried to Configure Sharing... "rlk" wrote: HELP DALE or someone i did everything that is talked about on the problem but the music files are still in media11 player but the dont work wont delete whats so wierd is i cant find any music files other than the saples that came with vista ultimate i cant reinstall or delete the player cant even reinstall vista nor fix the os and unlike xphome the os didnt do a system restore point so now im screwed only had this os for 5 days hell update dont even work niether "JoelRub" wrote: Dale, Your right. This is a new system and I did not care about any customizatiions, since I did not have any. Joel "Dale" wrote: That's true, it will work, but it is a destructive method to accomplish the task. Any customizations in the database and any historical information about when played, number of times played, when added to the library, etc. will be thrown out. Sort of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... Dale, I just wanted to let you know there is another way. First you must find the database file of the Media Library and delete it. This is located under User/xxx(the user name)/local/Microsoft/Media Player. Then open media player and go to File/Tools/Options and select the library tab. Click on advance and set the folder it monitors for music files. I did this and now have no more duplicates. You can add or remove folders in this area that you want to monitor. Joel "Dale" wrote: It can be fixed. Just follow the directions I gave. If you only delete the tracks from the library but not from your disk, then you will only have one copy in the library. If you add the File Path column and sort by it, you will see what I mean, I think. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... Dale, You were right on the money. I had a back up on two other drives and it pulled the songs from all the drives. That's why I had the duplicates. I will not be able to fix it. Thanks, Joel "Dale" wrote: It is likely that you have multiple copies of your files on your hard drive or that those files are accessible through multiple reparse points in your file system. The best solution is to open WMP in the Songs view. Right-click on any column header and select Choose Columns. Add the File Path column to the view. Click on the File Path column header to sort by file path. Now you can see which entries are the desired set and which are duplicates. Select all of the duplicates by using your favorite multi-select method and right-click and delete them. Do NOT tell WMP to delete them from your computer as well. If the files are duplicated by a reparse point, you could end up deleting both the duplicate library pointer to the file and the original file as well! If you think their are undesired duplicates on your computer, use Windows Explorer to delete them but if you're unsure, test by making a copy of a couple files to a safe location first and delete those couple of files and test in WMP. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... I am running Vista Home Premium. When I set up my Media Player Library it created duplicate and a few triplicates of each song. When playing an album it plays all the sounds including the duplicates. Has anyone seen this and have any ideas on a solution. I know I could delete them but that would take a very long with so many songs. Thank, Joel |
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Vista Media Player 11 Duplicate files
Dale, you rock! Your reply was right on the money! Here's a question; for
some reason, I have a 'music' file within my 'music' folder which is a duplicate of every song I have on my hard drive. Could I just delete that duplicate folder and call it good? Would that clean up WMP? Joel (yes, my name is actually Joel) "Dale" wrote: That's true, it will work, but it is a destructive method to accomplish the task. Any customizations in the database and any historical information about when played, number of times played, when added to the library, etc. will be thrown out. Sort of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... Dale, I just wanted to let you know there is another way. First you must find the database file of the Media Library and delete it. This is located under User/xxx(the user name)/local/Microsoft/Media Player. Then open media player and go to File/Tools/Options and select the library tab. Click on advance and set the folder it monitors for music files. I did this and now have no more duplicates. You can add or remove folders in this area that you want to monitor. Joel "Dale" wrote: It can be fixed. Just follow the directions I gave. If you only delete the tracks from the library but not from your disk, then you will only have one copy in the library. If you add the File Path column and sort by it, you will see what I mean, I think. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... Dale, You were right on the money. I had a back up on two other drives and it pulled the songs from all the drives. That's why I had the duplicates. I will not be able to fix it. Thanks, Joel "Dale" wrote: It is likely that you have multiple copies of your files on your hard drive or that those files are accessible through multiple reparse points in your file system. The best solution is to open WMP in the Songs view. Right-click on any column header and select Choose Columns. Add the File Path column to the view. Click on the File Path column header to sort by file path. Now you can see which entries are the desired set and which are duplicates. Select all of the duplicates by using your favorite multi-select method and right-click and delete them. Do NOT tell WMP to delete them from your computer as well. If the files are duplicated by a reparse point, you could end up deleting both the duplicate library pointer to the file and the original file as well! If you think their are undesired duplicates on your computer, use Windows Explorer to delete them but if you're unsure, test by making a copy of a couple files to a safe location first and delete those couple of files and test in WMP. Dale "JoelRub" wrote in message ... I am running Vista Home Premium. When I set up my Media Player Library it created duplicate and a few triplicates of each song. When playing an album it plays all the sounds including the duplicates. Has anyone seen this and have any ideas on a solution. I know I could delete them but that would take a very long with so many songs. Thank, Joel |
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