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Windows Media Player 12: Always show list
Hi everyone,
I recently updated my computer to Windows 7.
When I was on XP, the list pane of WMP 11 was always displayed in the right part of the screen (except in full screen mode).
Now on WMP 12, I have to manually right-click and choose "Show list" each time I open WMPand each time a new video starts .
Could you tell me how to permanently display the list pane ?
Thank you
Regards,
Phil
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There is no way to get or save the "list pane" in Windows Media Player 12. You must create a playlist to see your play list pane.
I've been playing around with this for hours trying to get the same thing your tyring to get. Microsoft has changed alot in version Windows Media Player 12. The last version of windows media player 11 is the only version that can show the playing list pane.
What if you can't re-install? Then you need tricks. Simple as that.
If you cant reinstall Windows then you have a much bigger problem than what this thread is about :)
Whalemonster
- Mediaplayer with default settings has never remembered your last playlist.
- About the problem with "allways show list" in "now playing mode" when you are playing videos. As I wrote before its a kind of a bug, because its not a problem every users have. Maybe that explains why supporters dont understand this thread. Anyway I have this problem before and now I have reinstalled windows 7 and the problem is gone. But...
When I open my video music playlist then I still have to click on "show list", but after that when I trackin around the videos the List still showing....
No no - we're not asking for it to remember the last playlist - we're asking for the LIST PANE to remain visible on startup, so that whenever you first open a file with Media Player, the playlist is automatically displayed without having to choose "Show list". I want this for music and videos.
Whalemonster
- Mediaplayer with default settings has never remembered your last playlist.
- About the problem with "allways show list" in "now playing mode" when you are playing videos. As I wrote before its a kind of a bug, because its not a problem every users have. Maybe that explains why supporters dont understand this thread. Anyway I have this problem before and now I have reinstalled windows 7 and the problem is gone. But...
When I open my video music playlist then I still have to click on "show list", but after that when I trackin around the videos the List still showing....
No no - we're not asking for it to remember the last playlist - we're asking for the LIST PANE to remain visible on startup, so that whenever you first open a file with Media Player, the playlist is automatically displayed without having to choose "Show list". I want this for music and videos.
I know what this tread is about. Actually the problem in the start up is not that big, but after you click "show list" then media player hiding the list again when playing next video.
Solution for allways showing list is to reinstall windows 7. its working for me. But in mediaplayer start up you still have to click show list, but after that its showing the list between all the videos in your list.
If anyone trying to reinstall windows then feed back
