Problem - Can't delete music

In WMP when I right click on the sample videos and select delete, nothing
happens. Nothing comes up and nothing happens to the video. The first time
I tried it, it asked if I wanted to just delete it from the library of if I
wanted to delete the file as well. I selected that I wanted to delete the
file as well. I see that's now a setting which is probably why it no longer
comes up.

If I go to the video library in Explorer nothing is there as I did delete it
from there. I'll be updating my husbands computer to 7 soon. I wonder if I
copy that sample video folder & files from his computer over to mine and put
them back if I will then be able to remove them properly the way I was able
do so with the music.

I don't use ratings and I'm not sure what play counts are (is it the total
times a song has been played?). Why would anyone care about that, I don't
know.

How long does it take to restore the media library? I have over 1000 songs
on a network drive and now that I finally got them into the library, I'd hate
to mess something up.

Lisa





"Tim De Baets" wrote:

> What happens *exactly* when you right-click the files and select Delete?
>
> You could try rebuilding the library through Tools - Advanced - Restore
> media library. However, this will make you lose all play counts, and
> possibly ratings too. If you don't want to do this, then I guess you'll
> just have to accept that the sample videos are there
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Tim De Baets
> http://www.bm-productions.tk
>

Lisa - NH wrote:
> I don't use ratings and I'm not sure what play counts are (is it the total
> times a song has been played?). Why would anyone care about that, I don't
> know.

It was just a word of caution. Some people do care, trust me

> How long does it take to restore the media library? I have over 1000 songs
> on a network drive and now that I finally got them into the library, I'd hate
> to mess something up.

I don't have any experience with network drives but I guess that it
could take a while. However, you should have exactly the same library
again after that, but hopefully without the sample videos.

--
Tim De Baets
http://www.bm-productions.tk

Did you try all the things suggested earlier in this thread? If you
rebuild the library through Tools - Advanced - Restore media library,
doesn't that fix it?

Regards

--
Tim De Baets
http://www.bm-productions.tk

Moza wrote:
> I have the exact same problem.
>
> Windows 7 64-bit
> No networks
>
> I deleted the sample movie files right after I installed windows 7. I
> dont know if I had even opened WMP for the first time yet. Anyway, the 3
> sample songs are there and I cant get rid of them, or get a new list up.
> I need to play all my music through playlists because the "Artist,
> Album, Genre" only shows the 3 samples.
>
>