How To Fix ID3 Tags Not Showing in Windows 7 Explorer

Sometimes you face bugs when you’re dealing with your computer and you don’t know what made that bug or how to fix it. For me, if I didn’t find out why that bug happened,I’ll be satisfied with knowing how to solve it.

Recently,  without any known reason, I found that my PC stopped showing ID3 Tags for my MP3 files, I’ve been trying to find out a solution and I finally got one.

That’s how it looked before I fixed it:

After applying the Fix

There are 2 Methods to do this.

Method 1 ( The easy way )

Simply , Download ID3 Fix , double click , your explorer ( open windows and folders ) will be closed for a while (explorer.exe  will be restarted ) and you are done 😀

The executable I made in the link above will simply do every thing you’ll have to do manually in Method 2.

Method 2 ( The manual way )

Now I’ll explain what the Fix did.

First , I’d like to explain that the problem exists in the file ( C:windowssystem32shmedia.dll ) it’s either missing or not registered , (although I’m surprised to find that this file didn’t exist in windows 7 pro 32 Bit in virtualbox and ID3 tags were working just fine ! )

If the problem is in shmedia.dll , then it’s time for some repairs.

1 – Download Shmedia.dll OR ( Direct Link )

2 – Extract and Copy Shmedia.dll to %windir%system32        (c:windowssystem32 )

3 – start > cmd >R.Click>Run as administrator

4 – copy and paste these commands in order

regsvr32 shmedia.dll
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe

and now I’ll Explain these commands

You can use the First command only if you don’t want to close the open windows .  you’ll see the effect next time you start your computer.

5 – Enjoy 😀

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