How to Repair a Corrupt WMP Database: Recovering Music

If you have suddenly found when running Windows Media Player (WMP) that you can’t view, add, or delete items in WMP's library, then there’s a good chance that its database has been corrupted. To quickly fix this problem, follow this short tutorial to re-build your WMP database in a flash.

1. Hold down the [Windows key] and press [R].
2. Type or copy/paste this path into the text box: %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player and hit the [Enter key].

1. Delete all the files in this folder -- excluding folders.
2. To rebuild the database, simply restart Windows Media Player. All the relevant database files will now be created again.