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Favorites In WIndows Media Player 11

Unlike in previous versions of Windows Media Player, I do not have a Favorites option that would allow me to add/bookmark the locations of, for example, radio stations that stream online but are not part of the Online Store.

Was the feature/menu item removed or am I just missing it somewhere?

It is the same feature that is in Internet Explorer - a uick way of accessing a stream in this case without having to first go to the hosting web site and then click on listen live.

I apologize if I have just missed or can't find it. Using WMP 11 and Vista Home Premium.

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Monty2diva

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Thanks for the response. I figured out how to get the regular old toolbar to display always - and the Favorites option clearly is not there. To me, there is no logical reason to have removed this option. Currently, I know that you can add to a list of favorite radio stations in the WM store/music guide. But not every Internet stream is listed there of course. And why I should not be able to add streams to a list of favorites of mine without going to the music guide - which can keep some record of what my listening habits are (hmm) - is "slightly" a mystery to me.

Saving a favorite as a link on my desktop is a good idea (as are Winamp and RealPlayer - both of which allow you to add favorites). As my workaround to this kludge, I have created a single item playlist in WMP that consists only of the live stream as it is listed in the My Library section.

Best,

mcm

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It is truly hard to evaluate a solution when you are dealing with a software deficiency and the only solutions are workarounds. I believe I had a nice interaction with the expert, but I wanted my evaluation to reflect that we were dealing with flaws in a product (in this case WMP), and in this case there was no such thing as an ideal solution; in other words, the lower-than-perfect marks I gave were my way of protesting Microsoft. We couldn't find an excellent solution because Microsoft made that impossible. But I truly appreciated the wonderful efforts.

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Thank you Monty2diva, I love being of service where I can and offering my wisdom to those who can use it. The points are just a means of some kind of exchange since we offer our time here for free.
You have a nice day
Cheers
Merete

Monty2diva

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Thanks Merete for your input and assistance. Too bad we as users aren't asked by Microsoft what's best for products we use.

Take care,

Monty