Windows 10: Need help getting WIndows Media Player to convert again

On another one of my computers, when I'm in file explorer and I drag an .mp4 video onto my walkman model NWZ-E354, file explorer/WMP asks if I would like to convert it to .wmv before copying since the Walkman I have doesn’t support .mp4. But on my current computer, it just copies the .mp4 as-is, which ends up being unplayable.I did some looking into it and it looks like windows media player isn't recognizing my walkman as a media playing device. Everywhere I go they tell me to open WMP go to Organize > Options > Devices, head over to the WALKMAN device and click Properties and c

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Converting iTunes to Windows Media Player

http://blogs.msdn.com/joemorel/arch...m-itunes-to-windows-media-player-part-ii.aspx

this might help, once the music is converted to mp3, wmp's sync function should convert (if even required) to a compatible format

 

HELP! Windows Media Player Problem

How to delete the recent play list from Windows Media Player - Microsoft Support

that covers up to version 10... let me see if its diffrent for the newer versions


EDit:

here is how to clear the frequent list.
http://www.blogsdna.com/4086/how-to...edia-player-12-frequent-list-in-windows-7.htm

and here is how to clear the history
http://www.downloadatoz.com/essenti...ar-the-windows-media-player-12-history_g.html

and from the last link is the same error where you can just disable it too =)

 

Converting iTunes to Windows Media Player

My wife has an MP4 player and it doesn't support iTunes music formats. Is there any free software that converts these file types to wma or other supported windows media player formats?