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Windows Media Player 12 shows wrong cover art when playing

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Mar 15, 202630886 views
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I have many MP3's with embedded cover art in them (bought them like that) When Windows Media Player plays one of these, sometimes it displays the correct cover but most of the time, it displays the cover from a song that was previously played, sometimes several days before! I have had this problem …

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Fix for: Windows Media Player 12 shows wrong cover art when playing

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TL;DR: see 2 possible solutions at the bottom As noted by Nithin Philipps, the problem lies with the fact that all these MP3 were in the same folder and shared the same Folder.jpg and AlbumArtSmall.jpg. (I found this independently by using "Process …

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