

Rename the file Currentdatabase_***.wmdb. Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\ user_name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player in explorer. It will pop up a warning after each time you attempt to stop a process just click yes.

Scroll down to 'W' and stop all the processes begining with wmp. You will first have to stop all the media sharing processes, to do this hit CTRL, ALT & DELETE click the processes tab and order them by name by clicking Image Name. Make sure you have set hidden files and system files to show. In this example i will be using the C:\ drive as my home drive where Windows is installed. THESE ACTIONS WILL COMPLETELY REMOVE YOUR LIBRARY MEANING YOU WILL HAVE TO REBUILD IT FROM SCRATCH.

After uninstalling, reinstalling and finding you can never fully remove your library by running uninstalls i realised it must be something in my profile which was causing the problem. I'm a newbiie but found this whilst i had problems with Media player 11.
