Windows 10: Windows Media Player won't play my playlist because it says it's not valid.

I tried the %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player solution in another post but it has not fixed the problem at all. Before I did this I when into programs and features and removed Windows Media Player and rebooted my computer, but that did not work. then I found the above solution.

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Windows Media Player 12 Now Playing

Hello Fraser,

We suggest creating a playlist and add the songs that you would like to play. Here are the steps on how to create a playlist:

• Launch Windows Media Player.
• Click Music.
• Press and hold the Ctrl key.
• Using your mouse, click the songs that you want to add to your playlist.
• Right-click, and select create a new playlist.
• Type a playlist title.
• Click Save.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.

 

WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER PLAYLIST SEARCH

As of now, the option that you wanted for Windows Media Player is currently not available. We suggest that you send us a feedback regarding this concern so we could better improve how Windows Media Player works. To send a feedback, click
here.

For now, you may also follow this steps on how to find which Playlist a particular song is placed:

• Click on one of your Playlists.
• Go to the Search box, and then type the title of the song.

If the song is on that particular Playlist, it would show up.

If the song is not on the Playlist, you would get a message: There are no items matching "Title of the song" in this view.

Let us know if you have any further questions.

 

Importing Playlist from Windows Media Player to Windows 8 Phone

I was able to create a play list with Windows Media Player and add it to my phone and it copied the songs. I did this with Windows 8.1 with the following steps

• Run Windows Media Player. This is the desktop app, not the Music app from the Start screen.
• Created a new playlist and added some songs to the playlist.
• Started the Windows Phone App (the modern UI version, not the desktop version)
• Clicked the "Add to phone" button and selected "Add playlists".
• Navigated to the folder containing the playlist created by Windows Media Player. The default folder is "This PC > Music > Playlists" and the file will have a .wpl file extension.
• Select the playlist and click the add button.

You should see some notification that the playlist and the music files were copied to the phone.