Windows Media Player’s ‘find album information’ functionality has been removed — you’ll have to find other software for playing and ripping CDs with relevant track information

Published: (January 11, 2026 at 08:45 AM EST)
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Source: Tom’s Hardware

Windows Media Player changes

Microsoft has quietly removed “find album information” and “update album info online” tools from the Media Player apps supplied with Windows 11.

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