Do you ever wish you could quickly preview a song without having to play it?

Today we look at a quick and easy way to do that in Windows Media Player 12.

Open Windows Media Player in Library Mode and select your Music library.

Quickly Preview Songs in Windows Media Player 12 in Windows 7

hit thePreviewin the pop-up window and the song will begin to play.

As the preview begins to play, you will see theSkiplink and a song timer.

Click onSkipto jump ahead 15 seconds in the song.

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SelectToolsfrom the menu and clickOptions.

On theOptionswindow, select theLibrarytab and click onAutomatically preview songs on title hover.ClickOK.

This feature works just as well inDetailsview as it does inExpanded Tileview.

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Would you like to stream your music to other computers on your online grid?

Check out our article onhow to stream media to other Windows 7 computers.

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