windows media player

[kever]

how can u stop windows media player 7 from keeping list of video clips in media library after playing them and deleting them from where u downloaded them to...everytime i have to go thru the library and delete them there as well...is ther a registry hack to prevent them from being added to the library each time???its a pain in the ass...thanks in advance for any info...

[Stoneman]

Try this from Axcel's Tips:

CLEAR MEDIA PLAYER HISTORY


Courtesy of Terry Blount (tblount2@flash.net), Crack Talk Newsletter editor:
"Microsoft Windows Media Player2 v7.0 (WMP7) for Win98/2000/ME [9 MB, free] and MS WMP v6.4 (WMP6) for Win9x/NT4 [3.5 MB, free], both keep a list of recent video/audio files you have played, as well as any streaming media you have viewed/listened to over the internet.
Anyone with access to your computer can open Media Player and review the last 10 media files you have played. If you share your system with others, you may not like to have this option enabled. WMP does not offer any way to turn it off, or even clear it, and I have not found any "history washing" utilities able to do this either.
So how can we clear the history list? Never fear, I have come up with a working solution. The list of most recent files (maximum 10) played by WMP is stored under these Registry keys:


-----Begin cut & paste here-----
REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\RecentFileList]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\RecentFileList]
------End cut & paste here------
Paste the text between these lines in Notepad, and save it as NOPLAY.REG.
Replace the ".Default" string above with your Windows OS user's name (if any).
From now on run it from: Start button -> Settings -> Taskbar -> Advanced -> Add -> type/paste this command line (to import the REG file in "silent" mode):

REGEDIT /S C:\REGFILES\NOPLAY.REG

then click Next -> scroll down to Startup -> highlight Startup -> click Next -> click Finish, to empty your recent WMP history every time Windows GUI loads.
Just make sure you exit WMP first. If WMP is open, it will rewrite the current history list (kept in memory) into the Registry upon closing.
You can also create a DOS batch file (i.e. NOPLAY.BAT) with these lines:

@%windir\%REGEDIT /S C:\REGFILES\NOPLAY.REG
@C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPLAYER

if using WMP7, or with these lines:

@%windir\%REGEDIT /S C:\REGFILES\NOPLAY.REG
@C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\MPLAYER2

if using WMP6, and then make a shortcut to it.
Change the paths if different on your PC."

[Musclemanfu2]

Or you can use the MRU clean that comes with WMP7 Powertoys,
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/window ... uspack.asp
1 click and all gone!

[Storm90]

Or as with the new 7.1 media player all my music goes to the music file in documents. I have it set up this way so as to delete it when I am done. In the tool bar after opening the program choose option and under cd player Tab at the bottom of the window it allows you setup the folder you want your music or medium to go to. This way you can delete if you do not choose to keep it. Plus the tool that was mention thats in powertools to then will also remove the history. Either way works. GoodLuck!

[Prey521]

It's hardwork gettin rid of them porn vids huh

[Joe]

Originally posted by Prey521
It's hardwork gettin rid of them porn vids huh

Thats exactly what I was thinkin!

[blebs]

I hate when that happens!

[phenix0000]

I use a more secure alternative to deleting the recent files list in Windows Media Player.
Just use a different media player!
You can get a good alternative media player at http://www.gdivx.com
Be sure to get the codecs too.

Me think there a might be just a few users of this forum who think of porn a bit too quickly
Although that thought occurred to me as well....