How to Import Music Into Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player is a music management program that comes with the Windows operating system. Windows Media Player does not import music; rather the program recognizes music files stored in the operating system's music directory. To add song that can be played in Windows Media Player, copy or move audio files to the music folder.
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Instructions
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Click the Windows "Start" menu and choose "Music."
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Copy any MP3 files or other audio files to the open Music directory.
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Launch Windows Media Player. You should see and be able to play any file you placed in the Music directory. Double-click the file to play it.
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Tips & Warnings
Windows Media Player can also be used to play files in other location or files on a CD. If Windows Media Player is your default audio player, double-click the file and it will play in Windows Media Player.
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out of date. Right-Click>File>Manage Library>Music> Add... then add the folder you store music in.
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I guess I get it.
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Itunes wants to convert all my music to MP4 format and then delete everything if I don't comply with their demands. I also work on a PC and Bill and Steve still don't "play" well together, so No thank you. I'm ready to ditch Media Player if it can't find my music or my playlists. I have like 100,000 songs and Media Player has found less than 100 of them! I'm now looking for a nice player that can find my music and won't eat all my RAM. Any suggestions? Is Amazon cloud player any good?
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You don't use itunes?
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I lost all of my playlists from the media player menu when I did a system restore. The lists were there in my playlists folder, media player just couldn't see them. If you have the.wpl files on your system, click "file" open, find the playlist folder in your music folder and open the list you want to hear. The playlist should start playing automatically. Still not sure why media player can't see the lists, but this works for now.
