Windows Media Player weirdness - duplicating songs in library


  1. Finfan
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    Windows Media Player weirdness - duplicating songs in library


    Hello I encountered this once before and fixed it through shear brute force by manually deleting all the duplications. For whatever reason I find that when I open an album in Windows Media Player there will be 1 or 2 duplicates of each song. The files in my Music folder are normal so the duplications appear in the Media Player folders only. Is there a quick and easy fix for this? Should I just dump that app and find something new? Inquiring minds want to know.
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  3. Try3
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    Windows 10 Home x64 Version 22H2 Build 19045.4170
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    Check that you do not have duplicate or overlapping paths entered in
    WMP,
    Organise,
    Manage libraries,
    Music.

    Best of luck,
    Denis
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  4. Finfan
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    Well, I never figured out what was causing it, but after much mucking around I solved it by downloading a different music app. Now quite as easy to use as WMP but at least it works.
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  6. Try3
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    Windows 10 Home x64 Version 22H2 Build 19045.4170
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    MusicBee is quite like WMP.
    If I ever have to stop using WMP I will go straight to MusicBee instead.
    MusicBee - Music Manager and Player
    MusicBee Features
    FAQ - MusicBee Wiki - Wikia
    I'd choose the installer version or portable version rather than the Windows Store version because I always expect Store versions to be awful.

    You could also try the WMP library troubleshooter
    Start menu,
    Windows system,
    Control panel,
    [View by - Small icons],
    Troubleshooting,
    View all,
    Windows media player library

    You could also try rebuilding the WMP library
    In WMP,
    [alt - to get the menu bar to appear],
    Tools,
    Advanced,
    Restore media library


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