[WINXP] Is there away of playing music files in the start menu in files in d: drive.

stablez · 18th December 2009, 10:59 AM

So if i install mediaplayer on d: drive and instal all my music file to documents and settings in D: will music play on Mediaplayer installed in D: drive.

Or is there a regedit source i have to jumble around.

do you get me.
My SSD is going down and i only want win xp installed on it.

Pleases help me tweak freaks.

FatBoyNotSoSlim · 18th December 2009, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stablez

do you get me.

Possibly.

Windows will install media player on C as part of windows. You keep all your music on your D drive. Open Media Player, go File --> Open, then navigate to your D drive, and find your music. It'll play the music even though its not on the same drive. Its pretty neato.

titan87 · 18th December 2009, 11:59 AM

or the easier solution, open explorer browse to where all the music is and double click on the ones you want.

Statts · 18th December 2009, 1:18 PM

Or right click on My Music in the Start Menu and change it's location to where your music is stored on the D: drive.

Then all your music will be indexed just as it normally is.

is this what you were trying to achieve?

stablez · 18th December 2009, 4:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FatBoyNotSoSlim

Possibly.

Windows will install media player on C as part of windows. You keep all your music on your D drive. Open Media Player, go File --> Open, then navigate to your D drive, and find your music. It'll play the music even though its not on the same drive. Its pretty neato.

So how do i do this step by one.
cause i tryed to install media player in D; but in start window the music file is ;i want to be empty and have all my music down in the music file in settings and documents in D:

With navigating to d: that the part i dont know how to do?

Ill play around.

Jobe · 18th December 2009, 4:09 PM

my brain just exploded

are you using windows media player or something else :O

stablez · 18th December 2009, 4:50 PM

WMP

Iytryed to move all music files to ssd from hdd which is D;
Then i installen WMP in d: No luck.
this has to be a windows regedit thing.

same goes for my pictures and pictures.

I dont want my torrtents on my ssd too.

DeNs · 18th December 2009, 4:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stablez

Iytryed to move all music files to ssd from hdd which is D;
Then i installen WMP in d: No luck.
this has to be a windows regedit thing.

Why are you trying to install WMP on D: ? Keep your programs and data files separate. Let WMP install itself in its default location and when it's installed just point the library to search for stuff on D:. Is there something I'm missing here?

Or you could just install foobar2000 and have a much better and infinitely more configurable media player. *shrug*

As for torrents on the SSD - when you add your .torrent files to an application like uTorrent, it will make a copy of them in the application's data directory so you don't have to keep extra copies of the torrents around. That is, unless you're talking about the files that you're downloading with your torrent client, in which case you can change the destination directory in virtually any torrent client.

---dens

stablez · 18th December 2009, 5:05 PM

OK Media player is back in c: kust playing around.

If put all music files and pictures etc in regedit to just change the c: to d: will that fix it.
I weant to know from someone they know what there speaking about.
cause with this just from ssd to hdd it was just the change of C: to D:

Jobe · 18th December 2009, 5:09 PM

wtf is going on in this thread!?!?

Just go to your library in WMP (library tab) click the little down arrow (or just click file) and select "add files to library" then browse to your files on your SSD or wherever the hell they are.

rockofclay · 18th December 2009, 5:15 PM

Are you trying to change where windows media player reads its music from?

Or

Are you trying to change the locations of the "My Pictures" and "My Music" folders?

Windows XP?

colmaz · 18th December 2009, 5:30 PM

All shell folders get their location from the registry, ie. "My Pictures", "My Music", "Application Data"

This location is read from:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

Or replace .DEFAULT with the SID of your user account, if you know it.

The keys will have things like:
Personal = C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents
My Music = C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\My Music

Change the "My Music" key if this is the one you wish to change

NOTE: Registry editing can be dangerous and screw up your system. Back up your registry (JFGI) and read up on Registry restores before doing anything in the Registry.

stablez · 18th December 2009, 6:00 PM

Yeah all last three were correct and i know i can do this but in the registry you can allighn this.
No sweet brothers.
But i thought id give it a go.
Illl try software area now.

It can be done but you got to know windows...

Pugs · 18th December 2009, 6:17 PM

I'm sure there is way you can manually do this esp for the files and such I have a short cut to the location of my files on D drive on my desktop....

I think the main problem is that stablez posts are incoherant to most people...

rockofclay · 18th December 2009, 6:25 PM

tweakui does this doesn't it?

18th December 2009, 10:59 AM	#1
stablez Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Humidycrib Posts: 4,043	Is there away of playing music files in the start menu in files in d: drive. So if i install mediaplayer on d: drive and instal all my music file to documents and settings in D: will music play on Mediaplayer installed in D: drive. Or is there a regedit source i have to jumble around. do you get me. My SSD is going down and i only want win xp installed on it. Pleases help me tweak freaks. __________________ Apple G4 @ 1.29Ghz 1GB DDR SDRAM aTi 9000 Shawtys love is like a pyramid Aint nothing on you bAby.. [I]Venus vs Mars.[/I] A wide world rider. ]So true eh Use ware so good to me and made me as smart. Ta! WAT$UBZ Last edited by DiGiTaL MoNkEY; 19th December 2009 at 7:23 PM.

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Statts Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Radelaide, SA Posts: 2,109	Or right click on My Music in the Start Menu and change it's location to where your music is stored on the D: drive. Then all your music will be indexed just as it normally is. is this what you were trying to achieve? __________________ Desktop: Windows 7 Ultimate HTPC: Windows 7 Home Premium, MediPortal 1.3 Microserver: Solaris 11, ZFS, Windows Server 2k8 R2 VM Portable: Nexus 4 (Android 4.2.2), Nexus 7 (Timur's USB-ROM)

18th December 2009, 4:50 PM	#7
stablez Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Humidycrib Posts: 4,043	WMP Iytryed to move all music files to ssd from hdd which is D; Then i installen WMP in d: No luck. this has to be a windows regedit thing. same goes for my pictures and pictures. I dont want my torrtents on my ssd too. __________________ Apple G4 @ 1.29Ghz 1GB DDR SDRAM aTi 9000 Shawtys love is like a pyramid Aint nothing on you bAby.. [I]Venus vs Mars.[/I] A wide world rider. ]So true eh Use ware so good to me and made me as smart. Ta! WAT$UBZ

18th December 2009, 5:05 PM	#9
stablez Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Humidycrib Posts: 4,043	OK Media player is back in c: kust playing around. If put all music files and pictures etc in regedit to just change the c: to d: will that fix it. I weant to know from someone they know what there speaking about. cause with this just from ssd to hdd it was just the change of C: to D: __________________ Apple G4 @ 1.29Ghz 1GB DDR SDRAM aTi 9000 Shawtys love is like a pyramid Aint nothing on you bAby.. [I]Venus vs Mars.[/I] A wide world rider. ]So true eh Use ware so good to me and made me as smart. Ta! WAT$UBZ

18th December 2009, 5:15 PM	#11
rockofclay Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Melbourne, 3056 Posts: 1,139	Are you trying to change where windows media player reads its music from? Or Are you trying to change the locations of the "My Pictures" and "My Music" folders? Windows XP?

18th December 2009, 5:30 PM	#12
colmaz Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Perth, WA Posts: 237	All shell folders get their location from the registry, ie. "My Pictures", "My Music", "Application Data" This location is read from: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders Or replace .DEFAULT with the SID of your user account, if you know it. The keys will have things like: Personal = C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents My Music = C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\My Music Change the "My Music" key if this is the one you wish to change NOTE: Registry editing can be dangerous and screw up your system. Back up your registry (JFGI) and read up on Registry restores before doing anything in the Registry. __________________ Main Machine - Franken-PC Q6600, Gigabyte EP35-DS4, 8GB DDR2-800, Gigabyte 5850 OC, Windows 7 64Bit Secondary Machine - Galaxy Note 10.1" "Life without risk is life without reward"

18th December 2009, 6:00 PM	#13
stablez Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Humidycrib Posts: 4,043	Yeah all last three were correct and i know i can do this but in the registry you can allighn this. No sweet brothers. But i thought id give it a go. Illl try software area now. It can be done but you got to know windows... __________________ Apple G4 @ 1.29Ghz 1GB DDR SDRAM aTi 9000 Shawtys love is like a pyramid Aint nothing on you bAby.. [I]Venus vs Mars.[/I] A wide world rider. ]So true eh Use ware so good to me and made me as smart. Ta! WAT$UBZ

18th December 2009, 6:17 PM	#14
Pugs Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: St Marys, SA Posts: 7,872	I'm sure there is way you can manually do this esp for the files and such I have a short cut to the location of my files on D drive on my desktop.... I think the main problem is that stablez posts are incoherant to most people... __________________ PC Gamer, PC/ Networking Geek, Licenced Cabler, Sci Fi Junkie Jesus was a Chippie, I'm a data cabler..make sense ??? "I don't just have tickets on myself, I have a whole booklet of tickets on myself" My Becoming a Cabler & Tool Thread To The Cloud...!!

18th December 2009, 6:25 PM	#15
rockofclay Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Melbourne, 3056 Posts: 1,139	tweakui does this doesn't it?