Converting files to MP3 for

I'm trying to convert my wma files to MP3 format for various reasons. Everytime that I try it tells me that the format is not supported and the add more files also is sometimes displayed. Is there something that I'm not doing. I followed the help file to a tee but still getting no results. Thanks in advance.

You get this when trying to convert copy protected tracks i.e. ones from online music stores as converting to mp3 would remove any copy protection.
Note also that Windows Media Player copy protects by default any tracks that are ripped from your own CDs unless you go into the settings and reomve the copy protection check mark.
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