Where Does Windows Media Player Store Its Library?
Windows Media Player LocalAppData folder with library database, art cache and settings.
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Windows Media Player keeps its library database, album art cache and settings in a LocalAppData folder under Microsoft. Music files stay in your libraries and are only indexed.
Corrupt databases cause the classic empty-library syndrome. Deleting the database files forces a clean re-index without touching a single song.
Where Windows Media Player stores this, by platform
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player
Holds CurrentDatabase files with the library index plus art cache and settings. Delete the database files with the player closed to rebuild a broken library. Music in your library folders stays untouched by the reset.
Frequently asked questions
Windows Media Player shows an empty library. How do I fix it?
Close the player, delete the database files in the folder above, and reopen. It re-indexes monitored folders from scratch.
Where is the Media Player art cache?
Next to the database in the same folder above. Clearing it forces fresh album art downloads.
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