Win7 wmp dups and itunes ??

Question

Hi..I didnt think I was an idiot but I do now, I cant seem to seperate itunes from win media player in win 7 on my new laptop.
I dont want all those dup's in win media player like that.
I tried to move itunes file but its just not working for me I guess im clueless as to how to move the files and what files to where, even when I set itunes to new locale it wont work, it dup's files to wmp still.
I removed itunes twice now and just keeps happening.
This is irritating me enough to trash itunes, my old desk top isnt going to live forever and I wanted this on my new win 7 machine but not if its this big of a pia. (my husband uses wmp and I use itunes its too confusing all messed together.)
Any help appreciated I guess you better explain it carefully Im stupid all of the sudden! Thanks in advance
Message was edited by: slothofms7

Answer 1

More on letting iTunes & Windows Media Player live happily together.
Using *Edit > Preferences > Advanced* take a note of the location of your *iTunes Media* folder, here for example I have my library living at the root of my H: drive. I choose to organise my files manually but generally recommend setting the *Keep iTunes Media folder organised* option to others as it requires less housekeeping. Having *Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library* set often encourages unnecessary duplication but the choice is yours. If letting iTunes manage files then move your imports into the *Automatically add to iTunes* folder, otherwise arrange them to your taste within the iTunes Media folder before manually adding them to the library.
On the *Preferences > General* tab set your import settings to mp3 with a sample rate to suit your taste and the capacity of your devices.
In Windows Media Player use *Library > More Options > Rip Music* to set WMP's rip folder to *<iTunes Media Folder>\Music*. Set the format to mp3 and choose your quality settings. Disable the *Rip when CD inserted option* so you can choose whether to rip with WMP or iTunes.
On the Library tab make sure the highlighted check boxes are not ticked. This prevents WMP from automatically updating files and moving them about which can confuse iTunes. With both programs sharing the same media folders you should also take care when deleting tracks from one library that you don't accidentally delete the files if they should be left for the alternate library.
WMP is able to detect when media has been moved from one location to another (providing it is monitoring the target folder) so you can move any music that is currently organised in your main <User>Music folder into your iTunesiTunes MediaMusic folder and WMP will reconnect to it. You can then add those folders that you want to into iTunes without creating duplicates. Of course you may have already duplicated some material so you'll need to consider this before deciding what to move around and what to delete.
Existing WMA or AAC files in each library can be set out in the same folder structure accessible only to the WMP or iTunes libraries respectively or you can opt to convert them to a common format when the need arises.
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