# How do I start windows media player in random all songs mode?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 30, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-start-windows-media-player-in-random-all-songs-mode/431696 "2007-12-30T14:18:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-start-windows-media-player-in-random-all-songs-mode/431696/1 "2007-12-30T14:18:55Z")

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Every time I start media player I go through this routine… double click on the little music symbol next to ‘songs’, this starts playing all songs in sequence.

Then I click on the ‘edit now playing button’ then click on the dropdown and choose ‘shuffle list now’

Then I scroll to the top and double-click the first song (because when you shuffle the same song keeps playing but the cursor is somewhere in the list where the song has ended up after shuffling.

I don’t play ‘shuffle’ (pick a random next song) because I like to see what’s coming next.  
Is there any way I can get all of the above to happen in default when I double click media player icon on my quicklaunch bar? Do I have to create a playlist containing all songs?

I was going to ask if i can also have it run minimized so it’s on the start bar but I figured that one out (right click the shortcut and choose run minimized)

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**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-start-windows-media-player-in-random-all-songs-mode/431696/2 "2007-12-30T16:56:41Z")

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Haven’t had a chance to look at it but you take a peep at:

[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/bonuspack/powertoys.aspx](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/bonuspack/powertoys.aspx)