Why is WMP 12 putting two of everything in my library?

In my music library I have doubles of every song, not the albums, just the
songs. I've tried changing search options to no avail. I have a removable
disc attached with backups of everything on it that is excluded from the
search.

"Seanpablo" wrote:

> In my music library I have doubles of every song, not the albums, just the
> songs. I've tried changing search options to no avail. I have a removable
> disc attached with backups of everything on it that is excluded from the
> search. I have disconnected the removable drive and emptied the library and started over, same thing happened. I'm tired of listening to the same song twice!

Enable the File path-column to check if the duplicate songs have the
same path: right-click a column, select Choose columns, and enable File
path.

If these are duplicate songs from two different locations, select
Organize - Manage libraries - Music, and remove one of these locations
from the list. Then, use WMP's Folder view to quickly remove all songs
in the location you just removed: right-click Music on the left, select
Customize navigation pane, and check the Folder-item under Music. Click
OK, and select the newly added Folder item on the left.

If the duplicate songs have identical file paths, then the media library
probably got corrupted. It can be restored through Tools - Advanced -
Restore media library. Note that restoring the library will make you
lose all existing play counts, and possibly ratings too.

Regards

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

Op 26/03/2010 21:26, Seanpablo wrote:
> In my music library I have doubles of every song, not the albums, just the
> songs. I've tried changing search options to no avail. I have a removable
> disc attached with backups of everything on it that is excluded from the
> search.