I am having the same problem. Have you been able to fix it yet? I've tried
just about everything, including system restore, nothing seems to fix the
problem.

The only other option i'm looking at is reinstalling Vista, but don't want to.

Please let me know if you figure it out.

Rey

"axel000" wrote:

> Very strange, WMP11 has been working for me since I installed Vista some
> months ago (Vista Ultimate)....but now when I open I get the message "There
> are no items in this library yet - the player is searching for digital media
> files in the background" yet it never finds any. I also go to Library > Add
> to Library and click "My Personal folders" I then also click Add and
> manually add the folders I have music and photos in and then click OK.
>
> Nothing happens, nothing is added. The files are there but nothing. Any
> help ? I dug around Control Panel add/ remove programs trying to find if I
> could re-install WMP11 but there doesn't seem to be an option.
>