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Forums › Home Theatre (including HTPC and EPG Collector) › Refresh Music Library in Windows 7 MC
mattyboy2

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#61089 8-May-2010 16:10
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I recently deleted a bunch of music off my HDD but it's still showing in Media Center's Music library. Obviously when I try to play the missing files it fails.

What do I have to do to refresh the Music library so that the deleted music no longer appears?

Thanks

-Matt




HTPC OS: Win 7 64bit running Media Center | CPU: Core 2 Duo E7500 | RAM: 4Gb | Motherboard: Asus P5Q-EM | Video: ATI Radeon 4650 slimline + onboard Intel G45 (disabled) | TV Card: Hauppauge 2200 | HDD: WD Green 1 Tb | Case: Antec Minuet 350
Laptop HP mini 311 (ION Chipset) running Win 7 32 bit

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gibben
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  #328074 8-May-2010 22:48
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I am not sure of the official method, however what I do when I have issues with the music library is go in and remove the folders under settings then go and add them again.



rvangelder
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  #328470 10-May-2010 12:54
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I believe you can safely delete the following folder, then Windows Media Center will rebuild it:

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\eHome\Art Cache

http://www.hack7mc.com/2009/09/forcing-media-center-to-reload-album-art-cache.html

cldlr76
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  #328681 10-May-2010 19:38
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You can do it through WMP...

open WMP > Library > Apply Media Information Changes 


I haven't had to do it on my Win7 machine but it works on my Vista machine.

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