Go to Settings System Default Apps Music Player. Then select Windows Media Player. Next, scroll to the bottom of that page and click on 'Choose defaults by file type.' Select Windows Media Player to open the file type you want. I've selected my WMP to open mp3s and Wav files, the two main music files I play. Groove Music is a music player app that was introduced by Windows 10 and, besides its primary role of playing the music stored locally on our devices, it was also able to stream content or even download it. The streaming features were available to users who owned a Groove Music Pass but, unfortunately, Microsoft decided to end this service starting December 31, 2017.

To add your locally stored music to Groove:

• Download this app from Microsoft Store for Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows Phone 8, HoloLens, Xbox One. See screenshots, read the latest customer reviews, and compare ratings for Groove Music.
• Open Windows Powershell as Administrator 2. Copy and paste the following command into the PowerShell prompt, press Enter to remove the Groove Music App on your Windows 10 system: get-appxpackage.Microsoft.ZuneMusic. remove-appxpackage.
• Normally, you would remove this default app or disable it completely by simply performing a 2-click operation i.e. Right-click an app in the All Apps list in the Start menu and select “Uninstall”.

1. Open the Music app.

2. Select Settings and then select Preferences.

3. Select Choose where we look for music on this PC.

4. Tap or click the “+” button to see your local folders.

5. Select a folder, select Add this folder to Music to add the folder.

6. After you've added all your music folders, select Done.

To remove music folders:

1. Select the “X” in the upper-right corner of the folder tile.

2. Select Remove Folder to confirm.
   Note You can’t remove the last folder. The collection needs at least one folder to work.

3. Once you've removed all the folders you want to remove, tap or click Done.

If you have music stored externally (for example, on a USB flash drive or an external hard drive):
You can add music from a USB flash drive or external hard drive directly to the library.

If you have music stored on a network or network access storage (NAS) drive:
To use a network drive with the Music app:

• The drive must be hosted by a Windows operating system.

• You must have Windows Search and Desktop Experience features installed.

• You must enable Indexing for the share.

If you have to install or enable these features, you may have to rebuild the index for the share to function correctly with the Music app.

Groove Music is one of the built-in apps in Windows 10. It is a music streaming app created using the Universal Windows Apps platform. Microsoft is actively working on this app. It is possible to backup and restore its options. This is very useful, because you can restore them when required or transfer them to another PC or user account.

The app gradually received the Fluent Design makeover and has already got Music Visualizations, an Equalizer, Spotlighted Playlists, Playlist Personalization and Auto Playlist Generation.

Groove Music is preinstalled in the latest versions of Windows 10, but if you uninstalled it or want to try the update version, you can download it from the Windows Store.

If you use Groove Music daily, it is a good idea to backup your settings. Here is how it can be done.

To backup Groove Music settings in Windows 10, do the following.

1. Close the Groove Music app. You can terminate it in Settings.
2. Open the File Explorer app.
3. Go to the folder %LocalAppData%PackagesMicrosoft.ZuneMusic_8wekyb3d8bbwe. You can paste this line to the address bar of File Explorer and hit the Enter key.
4. Open the Settings subfolder. There, you will see a set of files. Select them.
5. Right-click on the selected files and select 'Copy' in the context menu, or press the Ctrl + C key sequence to copy the files.
6. Paste them to some safe location.

That's it. You just created a backup copy of your Groove Music app settings. To restore them or move to another PC or user account, you need to place them under the same folder.

Restore Groove Music options in Windows 10

1. Close Groove Music. You can terminate it in Settings.
2. Open the File Explorer app.
3. Go to the folder %LocalAppData%PackagesMicrosoft.ZuneMusic_8wekyb3d8bbwe. You can paste this line to the address bar of File Explorer and hit the Enter key.
4. Here, paste the files settings.dat and roaming.lock.

Now you can start the app. It should appear with all your previously saved settings.

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Note: The same method can be used to backup and restore options for other Windows 10 apps. See the articles

That's it.

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