I am glad you found your files. If you also use programs other than 'Windows
Media Player' to handle music, the locations and organization of the files
could be changed (happened to me at least twice - I made some wrong
decisions on how I set up other managers for media.)
I use 'Napster' to download files ($9.95 per month - you can download, save
and play as long as you continue to pay.) At present I have 6500 tunes, 30
GBytes; believe me, I NEED the management capabilities of 'Windows Media
Player', especially its automatic playlists.
Why would you want the files available on the desktop? What exactly do you
mean? Wouldn't you to start Windows Media Player to play the files?
Phil Weldon
| Thanks! I was able to find them and move them to a more convenient
| place. (Being a crotchety old guy, I wanted them available on the
| desktop.)
|
|
|
| Alan
|
|
| On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:33:59 GMT, "Phil Weldon"
|
| >Alan Moorman wrote, in part:
| >| I want to find the actual music files that Windows media keeps
| >| somewhere on my hard drive. Where are they?
| >_____
| >
| >#1. In 'Windows Media Player' click on the 'Library' button. Then in
the
| >pane that lists the tunes, right click on the bar that identifies each of
| >the columns. Select 'File Path'. You can make that column as wide as
| >necessary, and scroll from side to side to see all the columns. After
you
| >get the information you need, you can either shrink the 'File Path'
column
| >or delete the column.
| >
| > OR
| >
| >#2. In 'Windows Media Player' click on 'View' in the tool bar, then
click
| >on 'Choose Columns', then check the 'File Path' box. You can make that
| >column as wide as necessary, and scroll from side to side to see all the
| >columns. After you get the information you need, you can either shrink
the
| >'File Path' column or delete the column.
| >
| > OR
| >
| >#3. Look in 'My Music', the default location for 'Windows Media Player'
| >files.
| >
| >Phil Weldon
| >
| >| >|
| >| I want to find the actual music files that Windows media keeps
| >| somewhere on my hard drive. Where are they?
| >|
| >| I've done searches for the files with the file names as listed in
| >| Windows Media Player, but Windows can't find them.
| >|
| >| Windows XP, all service packs and updates.....
| >|
| >| Thanks in advance for your help!
| >|
| >|
| >|
| >| Alan Moorman
| >|
| >| =========================================
| >
