Music files are not cleared from the temporary storage area after you copy music to a CD in Windows XP

After you copy music files to a recordable compact disc (CD-R) or to a rewritable compact disc (CD-RW) in Microsoft Windows XP, you find that these files still appear in the CD recorder drive folder in My Computer. The files are not cleared from the temporary storage area.

Note This problem only occurs when you copy music files. The problem does not occur when you copy data files.

This problem occurs because Windows Media Player does not clear the temporary storage area. Windows XP uses Windows Media Player to record music files.

To work around this problem, follow these steps to manually delete the files from the temporary storage area:

1. Double-click My Computer, and then double-click the CD recorder drive.
   
   Windows displays a temporary storage area where files are held before they are copied to the CD. Files or folders located in the temporary storage area are listed under Files Ready to Be Written to the CD.
2. Under CD Writing Tasks, click Delete temporary files.

Note When you delete the contents of the temporary storage area, you make this area available for another set of files and folders that you want to copy to the CD. The files are not deleted from their original location on your computer or from the CD.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

For additional information about recording CDs in Windows XP, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: