WMP Playlists

[Alain Dekker]

Hi,

Where are the WMP Playlists stored? I have some of my own at ...\My
Documents\My Music\My Playlists, but there are dozens in there that aren't
really connected with reality, and I'd like to delete them so that the only
ones available are my own ones.

How can I delete these spurious ones?

Thanks,
Alain

 

[Chris Lanier [MVP]]

Hi, If they are not there you can search your PC for them. Goto
Start>>Search. Search for *.wpl.

 

[Alain Dekker]

Thanks. There were a whole bunch under the "All Users" part of the My
Documents folder. However, after I've deleted the spurious .WPL files, the
old names still appear in the Media Player "Playlist" drop-down. Do I need
to reboot the computer to refresh the list?

Thanks,
Alain

 

[Alain Dekker]

Hi Chris,

Just to confirm, I deleted all the spurious .WPL files (such as Playlist1
and Playlist42, etc), then rebooted the machine, but the entries still
appear in the Windows Media Player (version 9.0, top right).

Hoe do I get rid of them so that only the ones left in My Playlists appear?

Thanks again,
Alain

 

[Chris Lanier [MVP]]

Hi, http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#librarycleaner should help you
then.

 

[Alain Dekker]

Thanks, but a pretty thorough going through that list did not identify
anything like what I asked.

Any more suggestions,

Thanks again,
Alain

 

[Erin Dallin [MS]]

right-click them in the different nodes in the library (playlist or
autoplaylist) and select delete.


Thanks,

Erin Dallin [MS]

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