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Nguyenais
Bronze Contributor
Aug 15, 2025

Stop windows media player adding external drive automatically

Windows media player seem to add external drives automatically, but dont show it in the organize library options. eveytime I have to take the C-USB cable to my mp3, I have to force it, which might be okay but just curious how can i stop this from happening.

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    MaxGarcia
    Iron Contributor

    To stop Windows Media Player from automatically adding external drives, go to Library > Manage Libraries > Music, and remove the external drive from the list. You can also disable autoplay by going to Control Panel > AutoPlay and changing the settings for external devices.

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