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Mac Forum / Applications / Media Player / October 2005Favourites disappeared in WMP 9
I added a new station to the favourites and when I quit WMP 9 and later opened it, all my favourites list has disappeared apart from the new station I added. What appears when I click on the favourites menu is the new station is there with a ">" arrow indicating a sub menu but it doesn't go any further. When I looked around the WMP files on my Mac, the only text log of my favourites I could find had only the new station and not my whole list/ What has happened and how can I restore my favourites? Thanks in advance. > I added a new station to the favourites and when I quit WMP 9 and later > opened it, all my favourites list has disappeared apart from the new > station I added. That would be indicative of a corrupted pref file... You might consider trashing it to make sure you'll start again from a freshly created pref file. Corentin  Signature--- Mac:MS MVP (Francophone) --- http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire > > I added a new station to the favourites and when I quit WMP 9 and later > > opened it, all my favourites list has disappeared apart from the new [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > trashing it to make sure you'll start again from a freshly created pref > file. How do I trash the pref file on Mac OS X and create a new one? (or is it created automatically?) Is there any chance to recover my list of favourites? It's frustrating to have to recall all my favourites and finding the URL's for them now are difficult with many launching from Macromedia applications - meaning I can read the source code to find the URL. I'm really upset I've lost them as I have a Mac so files don't become corrupted etc. What can I do to recover my favourites? Thanks in advance. > How do I trash the pref file on Mac OS X and create a new one? (or is > it created automatically?) trashing the file is easy: drag it to the trash :-) The new one will be created automatically the next time you launch the app. You can find more details here: http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/?page_id=30 > Is there any chance to recover my list of favourites? It's frustrating > to have to recall all my favourites and finding the URL's for them now > are difficult with many launching from Macromedia applications - > meaning I can read the source code to find the URL. The favorites are stored in a different file: "Windows Media Favorites"" > I'm really upset I've lost them as I have a Mac so files don't become > corrupted etc. File corruption is rather platform-independent... In this specific case, I suspect that it's the WMP app iotself that tends to corrupt these files. One option for your: create all fresh clean files, customize then and back them up. This way, if ever the files become corrupted again, you can restore your backup and recover all your settings and favorites. Corentin WMP FAQ: http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/?page_id=30 blog on MS apps for Mac: http://www.cortig.net/wordpress Signature--- Mac:MS MVP (Francophone) --- http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire |
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