Windows 10: Windows Media Player - All library folders on D: now unresponsive

Hello All, first post, so please be gentle.

I have performed a clean install of Windows 10 Pro onto a new HDD I put into my desktop PC, with all my media still on a separate 1TB HDD D: drive.

I've subsequently organised the shared folders on my D: drive into the appropriate media library's in Windows Media Player, however, when I view the media library on my PlayStation 3, the D: drive folders aren't displayed.

Now when I view the various library's in Windows Media Player, all the D: folders are shown as "unresponsive". I've tried removing and re-adding the folders and re-building the library, but that didn't help. If I add a folder on the C: drive, no problem, but any folder I add from the D: drive shows as unresponsive.

I did some Google searching, and made sure they were being indexed, which they weren't, however, when clicking "modify" and "show all locations", D: doesn't show up as an available drive to index.

I've thought about un-mounting and then re-mounting D: drive, but have no idea whether that would help or not, so it's over to you guys for help.

Thanks for any help you may be able to provide.

Cheers.

:)

 

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Windows Media Player "Find Album Info" Issue

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community. I understand that you have an issue with finding album information in Windows Media Player.
I will surely help you to fix this issue.

This issue could have occurred due to these reasons:

• 
  Incorrect Windows Media Player settings.
  
• 
  Corrupt Windows Media player library database.
  

Try the steps listed here and check if it helps.

Method 1:

I would suggest you to run Windows Media Player Library Troubleshooter.

a. Press “Windows Key + W”.

b. Type “Troubleshooting” in the search box and hit Enter.

c. Click on Programs and click on Windows Media Player Library Troubleshooter.

d. Follow the on-screen instructions.



Method 2:

If the issue persists, I suggest you to rebuild the Windows Media player library database and check if it helps.

a. Exit Windows Media Player.

b. Press Windows Key + R in keyboard to open Run, type
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player, and then click OK.

c. Select all the files in the folder, and then click Delete
on the File menu.

Note: You do not have to delete the folders that are in this folder.

d. Restart Windows Media Player.

Note: Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.

Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of the issue so that we can assist you further.

 

Hi All, for those interested...

I ended up moving all my media from D: across to C: which took around 4 hours to complete, then re-formatted D:, before copying it all back across to D: again.

Once this completed, I set up the Windows Media Player libraries again, and now my PS3 can once again see and stream the folder contents.

I'm sure this wasn't the only/correct fix for this, but worked in my case.