Windows Media Player 12: How to permanently display the list pane

I've been following this thread, desperately trying to find a solution for this issue. I too want to be able to see what file I'm going to play next in my playlist when watching music videos or, If I have a playlist of movies, the same thing. It is really weird to have to keep right clicking on show list to see what video i'm going to play next, select it, it's not the one I thought it was, so I have to keep right clicking to show list everytime I want to see what in my playlist I want to play next. I am also not understanding why this cannot be fixed. It is, I think, a bug, as well. It didn't work when I first installed win7 and wmp12, then I did have to reinstall for another reason and it did work for a little while, then stopped again. But with audio, it is consistent. It seems that when a video ends, it auto-hides the playlist pane, probably thinking we dont want to see the list while a video is playing. But let's make that an option. I can always uncheck show list anyway, but If I have always show list ON as an option, which I don't see anyway to do, then this is unacceptable for how I view my media. I'm a musician, and I'm always looking at tech videos to help me through some music software program or other.  I need to see the list, so that as I get the answer I'm looking for in one video, I can logically go to the next video in the playlist that makes sense, since it will not always be listed in the order needed for the task at hand. I think this is for me an important enough issue that I may need to seek another media player. wmp11 had this function, wmp 12 should have it, thinks it has it (i think) but isn't consistent. Even users who have had success with it are divided on the fix. As far as reinstalling win7 to fix it, that is completely unacceptable, as I work on my computer 20 hours a day and it would take me at least a day to reinstall all the applications that I have, many of which are unavailable to download again. I dont' have that kind of time to invest in that. So that solution is not viable. And as I have reinstalled it before, it's not even a consistent solution.

PLEASE HELP ON THIS ISSUE!!!!