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

Anonymous
2018-02-18T00:16:06+00:00

I have track numbers in front of some of my song names (not title) in my music libarary.  How do I get rid of them.  They are not in the "name" in WMP.  I try to right click and rename and that doesn't work.  I try going through properties into details and delete numbers in front of name, but it doesn't stay changed.  Tried to edit in WMP and that doesn't work.  Nothing I do permenantly changes the name (not title). 

Help!!!!!!

Windows for home | Other | Music, photos, and video

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-03-01T18:56:30+00:00

    Hi Janet - you're most welcome - thanks for putting up with me too, when I definitely wasn't at my best! I am feeling considerably better now than I did this time last week, and I have finally stopped coughing - thank goodness. That was definitely affecting my concentration.

    The (free) programs regularly recommended here are MusicBee and MediaMonkey - I tried out Music Bee and it looked pretty good but I'm not sure either of those can import  CD. NCH's disc software is supposed to be good but I really don't like the website because it is full of distracting 'Download' buttons - very easy to inadvertently download something you don't want. There used to be a malware issue too but recent reports seem to verify this element has been cleaned up. 

    As you are not keen on iTunes (which I fully understand - it's a bit top heavy and really only necessary if (as in my case) one is running an apple device I think you will just have to research this one - see what may suit you best. - Regards, Ric.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-03-01T19:04:31+00:00

    Hi = yes - I've generally steered clear of registry tweaks. I was trying to find one back when the I first switched to W10 but nobody seemed to have figured one out at that point. The security tab fix for Folder art did the trick up to a point and that was the only issue for me really - I'm not worried about how it looks in the player but I hated those white folder borders! Anyway - I'm getting quite used to PC life without WMP. It is still handy to have it on the old W7 laptop though. I also have 'Audacity' on there for audio editing tasks. - Regards, R.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-03-01T19:06:03+00:00

    Ric.........................................CRAP!!!  I opened my wmp after sending you my email and it did it thing volume....something something, so I left and made breakfast and came back.  I have all kinds of duplicate songs in the wmp library.  Just like I had when I started this thing.  I am sad.................

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-03-01T19:07:29+00:00

    No duplicates in my computer library, just wmp.   Ok...............lets talk another software.  I think I've had it with this wmp!!!!!

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-03-01T19:09:15+00:00

    AND............in addition to the above, now when i put my mouse over one of the songs it automatically starts playing the song.  Can't stop it from playing down at the bottom controls, I have to move my mouse off the song name.

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