JSI Tip 8788. When you try to copy an audio CD, or add a playlist to Windows Media Player, you receive 'Error number 80004005'?

Jerold Schulman

December 13, 2004

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When you try to copy a playlist, or copy an audio CD using Copy Music or Copy from CD, Windows Media Player 9 (and Windows Media Player 7) reports:

You have encountered an error, Error number 80004005 sorry no more help is available.
Unspecifed Error

This behavior will occur if the wmplibrary_v_0_12.db and/or wmplibrary_v_0_12.LRD file(s) are corrupted.

To fix this problem:

1. Close Windows Media Player.

2. Open a CMD.EXE window.

3. Type the following commands, pressing Enter after reach line:

pushd "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%Application DataMicrosoftMedia Index"
if exist wmplibrary_v_0_12.db del /q wmplibrary_v_0_12.db
if exist wmplibrary_v_0_12.LRD del /q wmplibrary_v_0_12.LRD
exit

4. Start Windows Media Player.



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