Cannot change the Rip location in Windows Media Player in Windows Developer Preview

Question

Under the options > Rip Music tab there's no folder chosen and I can't Change..., when I click on the button nothing happens.

Please Help,

Andrew L. Rowe

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Andrew L. Rowe

Answer 1

Hey Andrew,

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Try restarting the Windows Explorer process to see if that resolves the problem that you are encountering:

• Close Windows Media Player
• Open the Desktop
• Right click the Taskbar
• Click Start Task Manager
• Click More details (if you see this option at the bottom left corner of the Windows Task Manager window)
• Right click Windows Explorer under Windows processes
• Click Restart

Then open Windows Media Player to see if you still have the same problem.

Hope that helps.

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Steven

Answer 2

No restart option in processes, it doesn't even show up in services.  When I kill it in processes, the taskbar and my icons vanish.  Normally they come back after several seconds, but not this time.

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Andrew L. Rowe

Answer 3

Hey Andrew,

Follow these steps to restart Windows Explorer after you end its task. This should bring your Taskbar and icons back.

• Click File in Windows Task Manager
• Click New Task(Run...)
• Type explorer.exe in the Open: field
• Click OK

It sounds like you may be using a previous version of Windows instead of Windows Developer Preview. If so, please reach out to the Microsoft Answers community linked below for further assistance regarding Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP:
Microsoft Answers - Music and Sound

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Steven

Answer 4

No restart option in processes

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Andrew L. Rowe

Hi Andrew L. Rowe,

If you just go down more under the Processes in the Task Manager and look under Windows Processes for Windows Explorer folder, you will see it.

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Irfan