# Windows Media Player/Windows 7

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 21, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-media-player-windows-7/557939 "2010-10-21T21:32:24Z")\
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When I start WMP I get a message saying there are no items in my music folder, click Organize to, well fix the problem somehow, I don’t remember the exact message. However, it then starts to “load” all of my music, which takes a few minutes. I don’t believe WMP on my old computer worked this way (Vista) but that the player came up immediately loaded and ready to go. Is this normal behavior?