Solved I can't create a play list in legacy windows media player


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I tried to create a play list in the legacy windows media player from my backup external HHD.
I did get the music file on my desktop, but I can't find a way to transfer the music files to the play list I created.
Copy and paste did not work and neither by sliding the music file over.
 
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I just did it by clicking Playlist on the left and giving a name. Then I dragged the music file [Ripped from an audio CD] then selecting all those files and dragged to the folder name under Playlist in the left panel. They showed up in the center panel and a new Folder appeared in Music with the playlist in it. The main key I've found over time is to have the music files on the computer.
 

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Berton said:
I just did it by clicking Playlist on the left and giving a name. Then I dragged the music file [Ripped from an audio CD] then selecting all those files and dragged to the folder name under Playlist in the left panel. They showed up in the center panel and a new Folder appeared in Music with the playlist in it. The main key I've found over time is to have the music files on the computer.
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I tried that, I copy and pasted the music folder on my desktop, then opened the windows media player legacy, then I tried to drag the files into the favored list and after that I tried the copy and paste.
It did not work for me.
Then I did open the windows media player windows 11, but all I can do is play the songs individually.
 

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    HP OmniStudio X All-in-One 32-c0019 Desktop PC
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    Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 155H (up to 4.8 GHz with Intel® Tu
    Motherboard
    ?
    Memory
    32 GB DDR5-5600 MT/s (2 x 16 GB)
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    Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 4050 (6 GB)
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Right click on a track and select Add To, select the appropriate Playlist.
 

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    HP OmniStudio X All-in-One 32-c0019 Desktop PC
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    Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 155H (up to 4.8 GHz with Intel® Tu
    Motherboard
    ?
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    32 GB DDR5-5600 MT/s (2 x 16 GB)
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    Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 4050 (6 GB)
    Sound Card
    ?
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    80 cm (31.5") diagonal 4K UHD display
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    ?
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    2 TB SSD
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    HP 710 USB Meteor Silver Keyboard and Mouse Combo
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I tried that, I clicked on copy, but see not add to the favored list.Screenshot 2025-01-02 115949.webp
 

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    HP OmniStudio X All-in-One 32-c0019 Desktop PC
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    Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 155H (up to 4.8 GHz with Intel® Tu
    Motherboard
    ?
    Memory
    32 GB DDR5-5600 MT/s (2 x 16 GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 4050 (6 GB)
    Sound Card
    ?
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    80 cm (31.5") diagonal 4K UHD display
    Screen Resolution
    ?
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    2 TB SSD
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    ?
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    HP 710 USB Meteor Silver Keyboard and Mouse Combo
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when you right click.. do you have extended context menu showing by default or do you see "Show More Options" at the bottom of the list?
 

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dacrone said:
when you right click.. do you have extended context menu showing by default or do you see "Show More Options" at the bottom of the list?
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I go and check.
 

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    Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 4050 (6 GB)
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It shows nothing that would apply to coping the music files to the favored list.
For now I shall mark as solved and ask a tech to come and help me with that.
Thanks to all who replied.
 

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    HP OmniStudio X All-in-One 32-c0019 Desktop PC
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    Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 155H (up to 4.8 GHz with Intel® Tu
    Motherboard
    ?
    Memory
    32 GB DDR5-5600 MT/s (2 x 16 GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 4050 (6 GB)
    Sound Card
    ?
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    80 cm (31.5") diagonal 4K UHD display
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    ?
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    2 TB SSD
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    ?
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    ??
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    ?
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    HP 710 USB Meteor Silver Keyboard and Mouse Combo
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Vonda said:
It shows nothing that would apply to coping the music files to the favored list.
For now I shall mark as solved and ask a tech to come and help me with that.
Thanks to all who replied.
Click to expand...
if you right click on a song file (mp3 or whatever format you have):

1735851090177.webp

and then:

1735851123519.webp

are those options available to you or missing?
 

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    WIN 11 Pro 24H2 - 26100.2894
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    Intel XEON E5-2699 v3
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    ASUS X99-A
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
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    Integrated
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    ACER X34 Predator
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Rollback_Jockey said:
You have to do that within the player itself.
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I ended up getting someone to sort out the mess I made by transferring files from the original old HHD and external drive.
For instance the music file three, I could pick a song from the favored list, it would play in the windows 11 media player, but only one song at the time.
In any case, He fixed the problem, It took nearly one and half hours.
From what I saw what he had to do, I would never had ben able to sort it out.
Thanks to all of the members who have tried to help me.
 

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    HP OmniStudio X All-in-One 32-c0019 Desktop PC
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 155H (up to 4.8 GHz with Intel® Tu
    Motherboard
    ?
    Memory
    32 GB DDR5-5600 MT/s (2 x 16 GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 4050 (6 GB)
    Sound Card
    ?
    Monitor(s) Displays
    80 cm (31.5") diagonal 4K UHD display
    Screen Resolution
    ?
    Hard Drives
    2 TB SSD
    PSU
    ?
    Case
    ??
    Cooling
    ?
    Keyboard
    HP 710 USB Meteor Silver Keyboard and Mouse Combo
    Internet Speed
    ?
    Browser
    Edge google chrome
    Antivirus
    windows defender + maybe malwarebytes
    Other Info
    version: 24H2
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