Finding your music CD info on your computer

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Created: 09 Jan 1997 ::: Last updated: 02 May 2007

Applies to:   Win95   Win98   WinMe   Win 2000/NT   WinXP   WinVista   MacOS

Keywords: cdplayer, .ini, music, CDs, title, artist, track, folder, content, microsoft, knowledge, base

By Andy Walker

Question: What's the name of the file in Windows 95 that keeps the titles and tracks of your music CD when you enter them into your computer? --Drew

Answer: I found the following information on the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
The artist, track, and title settings are stored in the cdplayer.ini file in the Windows folder.

The entry goes on to explain that you can transfer these settings to another computer by copying the cdplayer.ini file to the other computer, either on a disk or via a network. If you don't want to lose the contents of the cdplayer.ini file on the second machine, you can use a text editor to merge the contents of two cdplayer.ini files.