Not Playing/Previewing Songs On Desktop

I used to be able to have a song on my desktop, after it was downloaded or just moved there, to be able to play the whole song on the desktop without opening up itunes. I would simply scroll over the song on the dektop and a Play icon would appear and all I would have to do was click on that and the song would play on the desktop without being opened up in itunes. Within the past several weeks, I noticed that this no longer happens. I didn't change any settings and I don't know how to change it back to the way it was. It was very convenient to be able to do this to quickly play the song without adding it to the library before deciding whether or not to keep the song. I haven't been able to find any settings to change this at all. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Well yes it does play that way, I can use it that way, just trying to figure out how to get it back to the way it was. Maybe its the OCD in me kicking in. Thank you for the reply.

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