

How do I get WMP to rescan my media? Neowin Forums.WMP is not adding FLV, MP4 and other files to the library! Microsoft Discussion Groups.If someone can show me a way to get Windows Media Player to show FLV files without setting that registry value, I’d sure appreciate it. The problem is that if you don’t set that registry value, none of this works. It’s not going to do anything “bad”, but :: that’s a user only setting that nobody but the WMP interfaces should be setting. That’s extremely reserved for my usage only. Please don’t ever set UserApprovedOwning. ZachD from Microsoft makes the following statement: Something for the folks at Microsoft to consider. I tend to prefer WMP, but when I have to work so hard to get it to do what I need, I’m much more willing to try other solutions. It’s issues like this that cause people to flee from WMP to other players. Windows Media Player hides a LOT of functionality from people who don’t fit into their “core usage scenarios.” It’s quite frustrating, in fact, as this kind of thing is a lot more common than Microsoft allows for. You can close the dialog box by clicking the X in the upper right corner (don’t click the Cancel button) and it will run in the background.Select Tools –> Apply Media Information Changes.Press the Alt key to bring up the menu.Select the folder you want to add and click the Include folder button.ĭoing this will cause Windows Media Player to rescan folders.Select the folder to remove and click the Remove button.

