can t addi files wmp11 vista beta 2

I cannot add files to WMP11 in Vista Beta 2. I have tried to add folders for it to monitor as well as dragging and dropping folders. I have the same problem with videos and photos. It is like the library in WMP11 doesn't remember anything. I drag a folder full of photos, and it analyzes all of them, but then nothing is added. They are all jpg format, all the songs are mp3 format. Does anybody have any idea why this is happening? This makes Media center useless as there are no files. I have even tried adding them through Media center, but they can't find anything. What am I doing wrong? I have looked for a wmdb file (similar to WMP9 or 10, but I can't seem to find it). I have Vista installed on a disk other than C. Does that matter?

You tried dragging photos into Media Player 11 or you meant Videos? As far as I am aware, Photos can only be managed through Pictures folder and Photo Gallery. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Justin" wrote in message

I cannot add files to WMP11 in Vista Beta 2. I have tried to add folders for it to monitor as well as dragging and dropping folders. I have the same problem with videos and photos. It is like the library in WMP11 doesn't remember anything. I drag a folder full of photos, and it analyzes all of them, but then nothing is added. They are all jpg format, all the songs are mp3 format. Does anybody have any idea why this is happening? This makes Media center useless as there are no files. I have even tried adding them through Media center, but they can't find anything. What am I doing wrong? I have looked for a wmdb file (similar to WMP9 or 10, but I can't seem to find it). I have Vista installed on a disk other than C. Does that matter?

sorry about the mutliple posts. I got an error when posting.
"Justin" wrote:

I cannot add files to WMP11 in Vista Beta 2. I have tried to add folders for it to monitor as well as dragging and dropping folders. I have the same problem with videos and photos. It is like the library in WMP11 doesn't remember anything. I drag a folder full of photos, and it analyzes all of them, but then nothing is added. They are all jpg format, all the songs are mp3 format. Does anybody have any idea why this is happening? This makes Media center useless as there are no files. I have even tried adding them through Media center, but they can't find anything. What am I doing wrong? I have looked for a wmdb file (similar to WMP9 or 10, but I can't seem to find it). I have Vista installed on a disk other than C. Does that matter?

WMP11 has a category for photos in Vista beta 2 which I believe is used for Media Center. But I have also tried dragging music and videos as well. No files are added to the library.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

You tried dragging photos into Media Player 11 or you meant Videos? As far as I am aware, Photos can only be managed through Pictures folder and Photo Gallery. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Justin" wrote in message I cannot add files to WMP11 in Vista Beta 2. I have tried to add folders for it to monitor as well as dragging and dropping folders. I have the same problem with videos and photos. It is like the library in WMP11 doesn't remember anything. I drag a folder full of photos, and it analyzes all of them, but then nothing is added. They are all jpg format, all the songs are mp3 format. Does anybody have any idea why this is happening? This makes Media center useless as there are no files. I have even tried adding them through Media center, but they can't find anything. What am I doing wrong? I have looked for a wmdb file (similar to WMP9 or 10, but I can't seem to find it). I have Vista installed on a disk other than C. Does that matter?

You were right. I was able to add photos in the photo gallery, but I still can't get WMP11 to keep music or video filies in the library. Even when I double click a song or a video, it will play, but it won't get added to the library (yes, the option to add the file to the library when playing is checked).
This is driving me nuts. WMP11 library is empty, and it says it is searching in the background, and if I want to add files click "here".
However, when I click "here" and manually add folders to monitor, then hit okay. When I open that window again, my folders are no longer listed in the monitor window.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

You tried dragging photos into Media Player 11 or you meant Videos? As far as I am aware, Photos can only be managed through Pictures folder and Photo Gallery. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Justin" wrote in message I cannot add files to WMP11 in Vista Beta 2. I have tried to add folders for it to monitor as well as dragging and dropping folders. I have the same problem with videos and photos. It is like the library in WMP11 doesn't remember anything. I drag a folder full of photos, and it analyzes all of them, but then nothing is added. They are all jpg format, all the songs are mp3 format. Does anybody have any idea why this is happening? This makes Media center useless as there are no files. I have even tried adding them through Media center, but they can't find anything. What am I doing wrong? I have looked for a wmdb file (similar to WMP9 or 10, but I can't seem to find it). I have Vista installed on a disk other than C. Does that matter?

Have you thought about moving those audio files and videos to the local drive in respective folders such as Music and Video, then try adding them in Media Player 11 or MCE? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Justin" wrote in message

You were right. I was able to add photos in the photo gallery, but I still can't get WMP11 to keep music or video filies in the library. Even when I double click a song or a video, it will play, but it won't get added to the library (yes, the option to add the file to the library when playing is checked).
This is driving me nuts. WMP11 library is empty, and it says it is searching in the background, and if I want to add files click "here".
However, when I click "here" and manually add folders to monitor, then hit okay. When I open that window again, my folders are no longer listed in the monitor window.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
You tried dragging photos into Media Player 11 or you meant Videos? As far as I am aware, Photos can only be managed through Pictures folder and Photo Gallery. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Justin" wrote in message I cannot add files to WMP11 in Vista Beta 2. I have tried to add folders for it to monitor as well as dragging and dropping folders. I have the same problem with videos and photos. It is like the library in WMP11 doesn't remember anything. I drag a folder full of photos, and it analyzes all of them, but then nothing is added. They are all jpg format, all the songs are mp3 format. Does anybody have any idea why this is happening? This makes Media center useless as there are no files. I have even tried adding them through Media center, but they can't find anything. What am I doing wrong? I have looked for a wmdb file (similar to WMP9 or 10, but I can't seem to find it). I have Vista installed on a disk other than C. Does that matter?

I have tried that and everything else here and am still have the same problem as "Justin"
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

Have you thought about moving those audio files and videos to the local drive in respective folders such as Music and Video, then try adding them in Media Player 11 or MCE? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Justin" wrote in message You were right. I was able to add photos in the photo gallery, but I still can't get WMP11 to keep music or video filies in the library. Even when I double click a song or a video, it will play, but it won't get added to the library (yes, the option to add the file to the library when playing is checked).
This is driving me nuts. WMP11 library is empty, and it says it is searching in the background, and if I want to add files click "here".
However, when I click "here" and manually add folders to monitor, then hit okay. When I open that window again, my folders are no longer listed in the monitor window.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
You tried dragging photos into Media Player 11 or you meant Videos? As far as I am aware, Photos can only be managed through Pictures folder and Photo Gallery. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Justin" wrote in message I cannot add files to WMP11 in Vista Beta 2. I have tried to add folders for it to monitor as well as dragging and dropping folders. I have the same problem with videos and photos. It is like the library in WMP11 doesn't remember anything. I drag a folder full of photos, and it analyzes all of them, but then nothing is added. They are all jpg format, all the songs are mp3 format. Does anybody have any idea why this is happening? This makes Media center useless as there are no files. I have even tried adding them through Media center, but they can't find anything. What am I doing wrong? I have looked for a wmdb file (similar to WMP9 or 10, but I can't seem to find it). I have Vista installed on a disk other than C. Does that matter?

Sry for the double post but, I set up Vista on ym Laptop (HP), this is my desktop (sony) and the lybraries work fine there. I set everything up identically. Should I reinstall WIndows media player and media center or is that not possible.
"Joe" wrote:

I have tried that and everything else here and am still have the same problem as "Justin"
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Have you thought about moving those audio files and videos to the local drive in respective folders such as Music and Video, then try adding them in Media Player 11 or MCE? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Justin" wrote in message You were right. I was able to add photos in the photo gallery, but I still can't get WMP11 to keep music or video filies in the library. Even when I double click a song or a video, it will play, but it won't get added to the library (yes, the option to add the file to the library when playing is checked).
This is driving me nuts. WMP11 library is empty, and it says it is searching in the background, and if I want to add files click "here".
However, when I click "here" and manually add folders to monitor, then hit okay. When I open that window again, my folders are no longer listed in the monitor window.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
You tried dragging photos into Media Player 11 or you meant Videos? As far as I am aware, Photos can only be managed through Pictures folder and Photo Gallery. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Justin" wrote in message I cannot add files to WMP11 in Vista Beta 2. I have tried to add folders for it to monitor as well as dragging and dropping folders. I have the same problem with videos and photos. It is like the library in WMP11 doesn't remember anything. I drag a folder full of photos, and it analyzes all of them, but then nothing is added. They are all jpg format, all the songs are mp3 format. Does anybody have any idea why this is happening? This makes Media center useless as there are no files. I have even tried adding them through Media center, but they can't find anything. What am I doing wrong? I have looked for a wmdb file (similar to WMP9 or 10, but I can't seem to find it). I have Vista installed on a disk other than C. Does that matter?

Hi, i have the exact same problem and have also tried everything else here as well, i have installed vista on a separate partition other than C. i am currently dual booting alongside Windows XP. I was wondering whether that's the problem, I can't test it myself because i don't have another computer, and I need my xp and stuff in it to work.
"Joe" wrote:

Sry for the double post but, I set up Vista on ym Laptop (HP), this is my desktop (sony) and the lybraries work fine there. I set everything up identically. Should I reinstall WIndows media player and media center or is that not possible.
"Joe" wrote:
I have tried that and everything else here and am still have the same problem as "Justin"
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
Have you thought about moving those audio files and videos to the local drive in respective folders such as Music and Video, then try adding them in Media Player 11 or MCE? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Justin" wrote in message You were right. I was able to add photos in the photo gallery, but I still can't get WMP11 to keep music or video filies in the library. Even when I double click a song or a video, it will play, but it won't get added to the library (yes, the option to add the file to the library when playing is checked).
This is driving me nuts. WMP11 library is empty, and it says it is searching in the background, and if I want to add files click "here".
However, when I click "here" and manually add folders to monitor, then hit okay. When I open that window again, my folders are no longer listed in the monitor window.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
You tried dragging photos into Media Player 11 or you meant Videos? As far as I am aware, Photos can only be managed through Pictures folder and Photo Gallery. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Justin" wrote in message I cannot add files to WMP11 in Vista Beta 2. I have tried to add folders for it to monitor as well as dragging and dropping folders. I have the same problem with videos and photos. It is like the library in WMP11 doesn't remember anything. I drag a folder full of photos, and it analyzes all of them, but then nothing is added. They are all jpg format, all the songs are mp3 format. Does anybody have any idea why this is happening? This makes Media center useless as there are no files. I have even tried adding them through Media center, but they can't find anything. What am I doing wrong? I have looked for a wmdb file (similar to WMP9 or 10, but I can't seem to find it). I have Vista installed on a disk other than C. Does that matter?

I'm also having the same problem! I can't add files to my WMP library! Same with WMC! When I first installed Vista, my music files were added to the library. But when I tried Media Center, I was unable to add anything to both the MC and MP libraries.

I've found a solution, actually. I went into Media Center, and under 'Settings', chose 'Media Center Setup'. I guess something went wrong the first time I set up the Media Center, because after setting up the second time, I now have my library in both WMP and WMC.

I have the same problem and i tried your solution but it didn´t work. Any other solutions anyone?
"David" wrote:

I've found a solution, actually. I went into Media Center, and under 'Settings', chose 'Media Center Setup'. I guess something went wrong the first time I set up the Media Center, because after setting up the second time, I now have my library in both WMP and WMC.