Album, Artist, or Song Title Information Is Deleted from Windows 95 CD Player (260336)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Windows 98
  • Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
This article was previously published under Q260336

SYMPTOMS

When you manually enter album, artist, or song title information for an audio CD-ROM in the CD Player tool in Windows 95/98, some previously entered information may be deleted.

CAUSE

This issue can occur after the Cdplayer.ini file contains 64 kilobytes (KB) of manually-entered data. Once this limit is reached, any additional manually-entered album, artist, or song title information is deleted in a First In, First Out (FIFO) manner.

MORE INFORMATION

The CD Player tool in Windows 95 includes the ability to enter album, artist, and song title information for an audio CD-ROM. This data is stored in the Cdplayer.ini file, and permits the CD Player tool to display the information the next time you play the CD-ROM.

The CD Player tool in Microsoft Windows 98 Plus! and Windows 98 Second Edition does not use .ini files to store audio CD-ROM information, and does not exhibit this behavior.

REFERENCES

Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit, Windows 95 Architecture, "Problems Using INI Files" topic on page 967 in chapter 31.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:12/20/2004
Keywords:kbenv kbprb KB260336
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