How To Windows How to Repair a Corrupt WMP Database: Recovering Music Share Pin Email Print Windows Basics Guides & Tutorials Installing & Upgrading Tips & Tricks Key Concepts by Mark Harris Mark Harris is a former writer for Lifewire who wrote about the digital music scene and streaming music services in an easy to understand, no-nonsense manner. Updated November 19, 2019 If your Windows Media Player no longer allows you to view, add or delete items in WMP's library, then there’s a good chance that its database has been corrupted. To fix this problem, simply rebuild the WMP database. Steps for Rebuilding the Database Sam Edwards / Getty Images Press Win + R to open the Run dialog box. Type or copy/paste this path into the text box: %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player Then press Enter. Delete all the files in this folder—excluding folders. To rebuild the database, simply restart Windows Media Player. All the relevant database files will now be created again. Continue Reading