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    Drive Letters Changed Now I have issues playing on media player

    I have one hard drive that I saved all my music and videos to over the years. Recently I got rid of a hard drive that had gone bad, put in new CPU and case fans. Bsically had everything disconnected. Once I put the computer back together my media hard drive was listed under a different drive identifier it was "H Media Harddrive" now it's "E Media Harddrive" all the files are still there and play just fine when I click on them one at a time. But, if I try to select them from windows media player it simply says file does not exist and If I try copying them directly to my C drive or somewhere else I get: Error "could not find this item. This is no longer located in H:..... Verify the item's location and try again"

    So, How do I get the files to reflect the correct Drive identifier?

    I've tried deleting the abbreviated file name in the command prompt, as suggested by several after a quick google search and all that did was delete the file that I didn't want to delete.

    I don't want to delete anything. I just want the computer to recognize those files again.

    Any ideas? Will changing the drive back to H fix it? I have an external Hard drive that is using H now it it seems to be working fine.
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    The Windows Media Player user interface for Windows 7 is not the best. As is usual for them, Microsoft wants you to do it their way instead of your way. You may need to create a new playlist.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=wind....0.w_mqqt8SPEY

    Or, you may want to index the new drive:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...ee20e89?auth=1

    https://www.google.com/search?q=wind....0.8ziZOoTH_H0

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    What about not being able to copy or move files to another location? With the error saying the files are no longer there when they actually are?
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    Windows Media Player says the files are no longer there because it is looking for them on the wrong drive. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to simply tell Windows Media Player that you moved the files. You could check out the link below:

    http://www.winhelponline.com/xp/editwpl.htm

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    Change the drive letter back to H.
    https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-chan...letter-2626069

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    I changed the drive letter back to H and I'm still having the same issue. However, I noticed something new; I wrote it correctly above "could not find this item. This is no longer located in H:..... Verify the item's location and try again" but I did not realize the new drive I was attempting to copy to was the new "H" drive. The old media drive was H (Currently E) and the new drive I was attempting to copy to is now H. Once I change it back I realized I was reading/understanding it wrong.
    That might sound confusing: What it is saying is the file I'm trying to copy is not in the location I am trying to copy to. Or it is verifying the destination of the file prior to the placement of that file at the destination...which is causing the error.

    So how do I force it to create the copy prior to verifying whether the copy has been completed? What causes it to check for a copy in the location it is supposed to be copied to?
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    If you want a copy in both places, then yes.

    Just manke darn sure the file path, shortcut or what ever it is, is correct.

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    Very Strange: It will allow me to copy (Cut and Paste) one file only, before giving me the same error "could not find this item. This is no longer located in H:..... Verify the item's location and try again". When I restart my computer I can move one more file.

    In case your wondering.. my media drive is full, I bought a much larger drive that could easily handle everything I own. That's my entire purpose of moving files.

    So, have you ever seen something like that where you could only do one move between reboots?
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    Did you try re-indexing the drive? Even after you switch the drive letter back, you may still need to do that.

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    If I'm understanding the issue, and you're wanting a portable drive letter assigned that will stick, (at least for Windows 7 and earlier), manually change the drive letters to M through Z. Once I've changed a drive to one of these letters, I've never seen a single problem. But if you let Windows do the letter assignment, to something like E or F, sooner or later you will have problems with files that are tied to those upper letters.

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