Windows Media Player constantly updating media library

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windows media player 12 constantly updating media library

Why is wmp12 constantly updating the media library. Is there anyway to turn this off.It gets heavy on system resources and also slows down the player.does anybody have a solution?

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I've struggled with same problem for a whole day and found a workaround. There is a special file called "wmpfolders.wmdb" which stored information about all folders looked through by WMP. You can find this file in you local app folder: c:\Users[your name]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player. What you can do with this file is mark a folder so WMP will ignore it and will not update any files stored in this folder. To do so edit this file with any text editor (it just a plain XML) and replace Exclude="0" with Exclude="-1" to mark folder as excluded.

You can exclude specific subfolders or any top level folder.

Hope it helps someone.

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I was having this problem, but for it appears related to the setting "Maintain my star ratings as global ratings in files", found under the Library tab of the preferences. Turning it off seems to have stopped the problem. This is not ideal, but perhaps I'll just turn this back on every few weeks, write my ratings back to the files, and then turn it off again.

I posted a more detailed account here:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpromedia/thread/4b6db717-1fb1-4225-ab36-9dcc9efc2424

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Hello, necromancer66

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Try disabling the “Retrieve additional information from the internet” option. Open Windows Media Player, right click on the navigation arrows at the top, select Tools, Options, go to the Library tab and uncheck the “Retrieve additional information from the internet” option.

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I solved it this way:

1. Organize -> Manage Libraries -> Music / Videos / Pictures / Recorded TV

Here I removed everything so that Media Player monitores NO folders

EXCEPT my own Music folder where my mp3 collection is located.

2. Organize -> Options -> Library

Here I have everything DISABLED. Only "Maintain my star ratings as global ratings in files"

is ENABLED which is the best choice because if you make backups of your mp3s you

also don't lose your star ratings because they are stored directly in the mp3 files.

**3. Right-Click on the bar where the Prev/Next Arrows are -> Tools -> Advanced -> Restore media library...**Now the library is rebuild and when I close and open Media Player

again my mp3 collection is instantly shown without a full rescan.

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2009-06-14T15:06:35+00:00

Hi community users,

Thanks for posting to Getting Ready for Windows 7.

In addition to some of the steps provided, I wanted to present some information that may be helpful in the circumstances experienced. A long with the information under the Library tab that David, and some of the other Microsoft Moderators have suggested, also, from Organize, Options, Player Tab, Privacy tab, there are many attributes that you may like to adjust as well.

The Player tab has the option to perform Updates Once a Day, Once a Week or Once a Month. Verify the setting you preference is selected in that tab. Also, you may want to uncheck Add Local Media files to the library when played or Connect to the Internet if this item is selected. This should be user preference so do this adjustment at your own discretion.

From the Privacy Tab, many Enhanced Playback and Device Experience options may need adjusted to assist in troubleshooting whether some of these options are contributing to the issue experienced. You may want to uncheck all of those options and if it resolves the issue, add them back one at a time to help isolate which setting actually resulted in the issue.

Under the Privacy Tab, in Windows 7 RC, you will also find the "Windows Media Center Customer Experience Improvement Program". You may want to deselect it to see if this helps in obtaining play on the files without issue.

One other observation to take into consideration, the files being checked are also being check for DRM compliance. The check will take a various amount of time and then try to check again if it does not resolve the DRM compliance on files. This may be something to consider as these updates are being done.

Please keep us advised involving this if further suggestions or information are needed for assistance.

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