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Question

Windows Media Player displays Album Artist, not Artist

Aug 10, 2017 3:53PM PDT

When the mini "Now Playing" Windows Media Player is playing a track, the display toggles thru Track Name, Album Artist, Album, and Composer. Can I configure WMP to display Artist instead of Album Artist? For multi-artist albums, I've tagged Album Artist as "various artists", which is irrelevant when play random tracks from random albums.

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Last time it was asked, Microsoft said no.
Aug 10, 2017 4:57PM PDT
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Thanks but...
Aug 10, 2017 10:49PM PDT

...I'm not interested in another audio player. I use MediaMonkey almost exclusively but some programs, such as MS Outlook, launch WMP natively. WMP is also good for a quick, one file player.