Windows Media Player - Media library is corrupted.

Anonymous
2009-12-06T00:48:44+00:00

Windows Media Player

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Anonymous
2009-12-06T22:15:44+00:00

Hi Jimmy S.C.,

Thank you for using Microsoft Windows Forum.

As with any database, information that is stored in the database or the database itself can become corrupted. The Windows Media Player library database can usually recover automatically from database corruption. However, the database may become corrupted in such a way that Windows Media Player cannot recover the database.

   1. Click Start , click Run , type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player , and then click OK .

   2. Select all the files in the folder , and then click Delete on the File menu.

      Note You do not have to delete the folders that are in this folder.

   3. Restart Windows Media Player.

 Note Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.

If this does not resolve the problem, clear the Windows Media Player database cache files . To do this, follow these steps:

If you are running Windows 7/Vista, click Start , click

Run , type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft , and then click OK.

Select the Media Player folder , and then click Delete on the

File menu.

Restart Windows Media Player .

Note Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.

For more information refer : http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/925718

Hope it helped

Azeez Nadeem - Microsoft Support

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2011-03-03T15:48:42+00:00

Laura, to stop the WMP Network Sharing Service, go to Start, type services.msc in the Search field, and press Enter. In Services, find the Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service . If its status is Started , double-click the service and click  Stop . Does that help?

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-05-16T19:59:11+00:00

    I was experiencing the same issue as I was trying to change the audio quality when I rip CDs. In the Settings window, my music library was missing and I couldn't click the Change button to add it.

    I tried the troubleshooter and all I got back was that my library was corrupted. I went into Services and the Windows Media Network service was already disabled. I also tried deleting the database files, but that didn't work either.

    I did manage to fix it though, and here's how:

    Step 1: In Windows Media Player, right-click on the Music Library and click on Manage Music Library

    Step 2: If you see any other locations in that window, try removing them and only leave the default music library location (Ex: C:\Users\USERNAME\Music)

    Step 3: Upon doing that, click the OK button to close the Manage Music Library window

    The changes should take place immediately, but if for some reason it doesn't, close and re-open Windows Media Player.

    Hope this helps anyone who is going through this issue.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-15T20:14:03+00:00

    media player tries to open then closes due to an error, tried loads of things as suggested on here to no avail

    Log Name:      Application

    Source:        Application Error

    Date:          15/07/2015 20:45:01

    Event ID:      1000

    Task Category: (100)

    Level:         Error

    Keywords:      Classic

    User:          N/A

    Computer:      Johnt

    Description:

    Faulting application name: wmplayer.exe, version: 12.0.9600.17415, time stamp: 0x545046f0

    Faulting module name: mfmp4srcsnk.dll, version: 12.0.9600.17415, time stamp: 0x5450399e

    Exception code: 0xc0000094

    Fault offset: 0x00092b3c

    Faulting process ID: 0x5f0

    Faulting application start time: 0x01d0bf368cdf42ce

    Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe

    Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\mfmp4srcsnk.dll

    Report ID: fa9fe780-2b29-11e5-bf01-50465d4ab5e3

    Faulting package full name: 

    Faulting package-relative application ID: 

    Event Xml:

    <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

      <System>

        <Provider Name="Application Error" />

        <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>

        <Level>2</Level>

        <Task>100</Task>

        <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

        <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-07-15T19:45:01.000000000Z" />

        <EventRecordID>73672</EventRecordID>

        <Channel>Application</Channel>

        <Computer>Johnt</Computer>

        <Security />

      </System>

      <EventData>

        <Data>wmplayer.exe</Data>

        <Data>12.0.9600.17415</Data>

        <Data>545046f0</Data>

        <Data>mfmp4srcsnk.dll</Data>

        <Data>12.0.9600.17415</Data>

        <Data>5450399e</Data>

        <Data>c0000094</Data>

        <Data>00092b3c</Data>

        <Data>5f0</Data>

        <Data>01d0bf368cdf42ce</Data>

        <Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe</Data>

        <Data>C:\WINDOWS\System32\mfmp4srcsnk.dll</Data>

        <Data>fa9fe780-2b29-11e5-bf01-50465d4ab5e3</Data>

        <Data>

        </Data>

        <Data>

        </Data>

      </EventData>

    </Event>

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-12T21:38:05+00:00

    It is not Accepting %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player, Says Window cannot find. NOW what?

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