Don't add song automatically

ITunes is the default reader for all audio files on my PC. Sometimes, i have MP3 files. I just want to listen it before to decide to import the song in my collection. The problem is that Itunes import it automatically. I have to destroy it if i don't like the song (most often). Does it possible to listen a song without importing it in my collection?

When you listen to a song in iTunes, it automatically adds it to your library. There is no option to turn that off.
For those one-time listens where you don't want to add the song to your iTunes library, use Quicktime or Windows Media Player or Winamp. (And if the song is a "keeper," then add it to your iTunes library!)
By the way, if you want to keep your default at iTunes, you can play a song in another player by right-clicking on the song in Explorer, and choose Open With > Winamp (for example).

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