{"id":391,"date":"2012-11-27T02:12:40","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T21:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennywu.info\/?p=391"},"modified":"2012-11-27T02:12:40","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T21:12:40","slug":"how-to-delete-library-in-windows-media-player-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kennywu.info\/?p=391","title":{"rendered":"How to delete library in Windows Media Player 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I noticed that my media player open very slow. Since I removed a hard drive the entire library in Windows Media Player 12 (operating in Windows 7) needs to be rebuild. The player can start again with a new database. With previous versions of WMP this was straightforward – I would get to the Media Player folder within Local Settings and delete all the files (leaving the folders). Now when I try to do this I get the message ‘This action cannot be completed because the file is open in Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service. Close the file and try again.” Here is how I solved that problem.<\/p>\n

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  1. Close the Windows media player.<\/li>\n
  2. Go to Control Panel\\System and Security\\Administrative Tools\\Services. Stop the “Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service”.<\/li>\n
  3. Navigate to: C:\\Users\\kwu\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\MediaPlayer<\/li>\n
  4. Rename or delete all files with .wmdb extension.<\/li>\n
  5. Restart WMP and ensure you have the desired library locations and WMP should automatically repopulate itself.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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