Why is my windows media player not burning any of my blank Cds

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for the past 3 hours i have been working on tryiong to burn cds off of windows media player. i have CD-R discs which is music discs which i never had any problems with until now. then after a while i tried using a DVD+R CD to record it as a sata CD but that did not seem to work either. it read the CD but it did not let me burn. it said how many mins it had remained but when i added music to the burn list it never moved or the burn now button ever came up for me to click it. it was gray. PLEASE HELP ME

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Hi RevDraiford,

A. Are you able to burn CD’s using other programs?

B. Are you getting any error while you try to burn CD?

C. From when are you facing this issue?

If you bring up windows media player, then make a burn list, then insert disk to burn the music it will gray out the burn button. But if you insert the disk then bring up media player it will not be grayed out.

To burn an audio CD do the following:

1. Click the Burn tab, click the arrow below the Burn tab, and then click Audio CD (this is the default choice).

2. Insert a blank CD-R disc into your CD burner.

3. If necessary, click the Clear List pane button to remove all items from the previous burn list.

4. Find the items in your library that you want to copy to the audio CD.

5. To create a burn list, drag items from the Details pane (the pane in the middle of the library) to the List pane (the pane on the right side of the library).

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Burn-a-CD-or-DVD-in-Windows-Media-Player-frequently-asked-questions

Hope this was helpful.

Bindu S -- Microsoft Support

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Anonymous

2017-06-06T15:17:35+00:00

Hi Brenda - an explanation of how to run sfc /scannow here.... (just click on the link)

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929833/use-the-system-file-checker-tool-to-repair-missing-or-corrupted-system-files

but this doesn't usually resolve burning problems - depending on the age of your PC and which OS (Windows 7, 8 or 10) there are other tests to run - no harm in doing SFC though... carefully follow the instuctions for your OS.

If you update this with the above information (and SFC result if run) I'll ask for a new thread to be created because as you say 2010 is a bit long in the tooth! - Cheers, Ric.
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Anonymous

2017-06-06T13:46:24+00:00

Thank you hoagy33 but I do not know what a 'sfc/scanow'' is. If we presume I know nothing about computers we are giving me a lot of credit. If the scan can be explained very simply I will give it a go. Than you.
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Anonymous

2017-06-05T23:22:59+00:00

Doing the sfc/scanow worked for me. Somehow the windows media player gets bugs in it. And you have to restore media library.
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Anonymous

2017-06-05T20:22:49+00:00

I was hoping for something a bit more up to date than 2010. But anyway went ahead and did it as stated. Nothing changed. The burn button stays grayed out and says connect the burner and restart the player. I do not have a separate burner and have never needed one. Now what?? Help!!!
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