Create shortcut to 'Play Selection' for Windows Media Player on Win7.

Question

I have a directory with 40 video files. My current pattern is to select 10 of them at a time and click the 'Play Selection' button. This involves three clicks and has plenty of room for error:

1. Open the directory
2. Drag to select the files
3. Click 'Play selection' in the window header.

I'd like to set this up for other people to use. Can I create a windows shortcut that will play these 10 files?

Answer 1

Use the following steps:

• Create your media selection (name it like you want) in Selections folder

• Click on the Video folder at the left then add your videos in your Selections folder

• Right-click on your video selection folder

• Choose "add to playlist" (normally a list appears at the right)

• Click on File item in the Menu & click on "Record your list" (Use the keys CTRL+M to make appear the Menu in Windows Media Player)

• Record it where you want to save it (for example on the desktop)

The list will be with .wpl extension (if you enable file extensions) You can double-click on this file: it will launch your video selection.

WPL syntax explanations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Player_Playlist