Cd won't rip using Windows Media Player in windows 7

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I just got Windows 7 a few weeks ago and have had no trouble until now to rip cds.

It now however shows "windows media player cannot rip one or more tracks from the cd"

I have gone into TOOLS - OPTIONS - DEVICES - DRIVE , clicked Use error connection (both playback and rip are defaulted to digital) No change

I have gone to RIP MUSIC tab and tried to slide the Audio Quality bar and/or change the rip format, but when I do I get "the settings for ripping music could not be suppied" and they reset to original settings.

I have gone into Registry Editor and deleted the low rate MP3 encoding rate and still no change - it just keeps giving me the "windows media player cannot rip one or more tracks from the cd".

any ideas??????????

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Anonymous

Open WMP

Go into Tools - Options - Rip Music and see if you have a location the music is being ripped to. I didn't when I looked, it was blank.

then go to Organise - Manage Libraries - Music, there should be a music folder location here, if there isn't press "add" and add the music folder.

Now do the same for the other 3 libraries, Videos, Pictures and Recorded tv, all should have locations, delete the ones without a location.

try to rip again.

hopefully like me you will be off and running again.

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Anonymous

2012-12-24T16:31:51+00:00

This worked!!!! Thank you. I was losing my mind getting frustrated and now I'm ripping cds! Wooohooo! Thanks again!
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Anonymous

2013-03-25T17:54:14+00:00

I just got a new hard drive and now cannot rip my music to this new empty library. I was reading the Q&A (which is mostly greek to me, sorry). My WMP screen does not have a Tools button, so I cannot even try this stuff. What can I do now?
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Anonymous

2013-03-25T18:00:05+00:00

right click on the top (right of CD (if inserted) name)
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Anonymous

2013-05-06T17:29:50+00:00

I went to organize, and the categories are listed - Music, video, pictures etc, but when I click on the music, it does nothing. there is no "add" to click on either...
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