track numbers in front of song names in windows music library, windows 7

Hi - thanks for your input - all thoughts welcome. There's something slightly unusual going on here - one of those where actually being able to see what's happening would help! I've looked at your other WMP post too - hope you get some feedback - Cheers, Ric.

I have not had to do a system restore for so long now I cannot recall what impact it has on WMP - if any. There are a couple of other options which we should look at first but clearly if you cannot delete at all something's not right - it may be user account corruption of some sort. I'll be back tomorrow... R.

Not to interject or interfere, but if I might ask, Janet, what version of Windows are you using on your computer? What version of WMP? No worries, we can walk you thru finding your version of either or both.

We can talk about phones and their multitude of problems with Windoze in a little while. I am still trying to convince my Android to use Album Art that I choose. But that is another, probably unrelated, issue.

Respectfully, Windoze Media Player is a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to Audio (music) files. And using File Manager, oops, my age is showing, File Explorer, to edit Properties, is one step this side of using a toothbrush to paint the house.

Having said that, I use WMP for many things. But  I use Third Party (in the vernacular, Anybody But Windoze) software to edit File Properties. Mp3Tag is my favorite. No worries. I will post a link if you are still talking to me. :)

I did notice that when you Rip CD's, your WMP is set to Rip as .wma files. No worries. I only want to mention that you have full control over how WMP Rips, where it saves the files, in what format, and at what quality.

Humble apologies if that is Too Much Information. I am happy to resubmit it in plain American (apologies RicW. Two countries separated by a common language! :D) with Screenshots.

Don't make me teach you about Screenshots... :D <BIG GRIN>

Good morning Ric.

I am backing up all my music files from computer library just in case something else goes wrong....then i am going to unistall and reinstall Wmp.  Do you concur with this?

Hi - Yes exactly - but also - once everything is safely backed up - lets clear both the music folder and the existing appdata. Then you can transfer just the music you want back into the music folder.

Let me know when you're ready and  I'll advise on clearing the appdata (your existing music files can just be cut and pasted to a temporary folder in 'Documents' so no need to delete them).

Also do you have a CD you can rip after restarting WMP? - that way we can check easily if delete from WMP is working correctly before going further.

Also as CyberShy654  mentioned - it may be a good policy to stop ripping in WMA format because that's not the most compatible.. For W7, mp3 at highest quality (320 kbps) is probably the best option available... If you prefer to stick with WMA make sure you uncheck 'Copy Protect' if that is still applied in W7 (you may be asked to agree that you won't contravene copyright laws).