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Google Talk Freezes with show music status using Winamp 5.5

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I am a die hard fan of Winamp and using it for more than 5 years. What I like about this music tool is its light and easy to use features. When you compare other media players like iTunes and Jet Audio, Winamp uses a very light and easy to use playlist organizer. If you just want to hear mp3 songs then you can go with Winamp lite version which is not filled with bloats and add-ons.

Coming to the point, we know very well about the famous Google talkรขโ‚ฌโ„ขs รขโ‚ฌล“show my current music statusรขโ‚ฌย and might be using it without any problem in Winamp although WMP needs an in activation. But after installing the latest version of Winamp 5.5, I had a few problems with the Google talk Integration.

Whenever you select the Show my current music track, Google talk either freezes or stops responding. This is actually a technical issue with Google talk or Winamp which is yet to be discovered but many users who have upgraded to Winamp 5.5 are facing this problem, so one of a guy has posted a simple resolution for fixing this bug.

The solution is:

Step 1: Go to the root directory of Winamp which is usually in C:\Program Files\Winamp\

Step 2: Select Tools->Folder Options->View (Tab) and uncheck the hide extensions for known file types and click Ok.

Step 3: Now create an empty file (Right click the mouse -> New -> Text document), so the default file would be like รขโ‚ฌล“New Text Document.txtรขโ‚ฌย.

Step4: Rename the above file to รขโ‚ฌล“winamp.m3uรขโ‚ฌย and save.

Step5: Close Winamp and Google Talk. Now open again and Your Show Current music track status should work like a charm รฏยล 

Tip: Google Talk Help Group .


Comments

175 responses to “Google Talk Freezes with show music status using Winamp 5.5”

  1. Google Talk has been causing a lot of problems lately for me, it won’t open links when I click on them from the chat window.

    I’ve to manually copy and paste ๐Ÿ™ How frustrating.

    I hope they’ll release an update with new features, still maintaining the minimalistic appeal ๐Ÿ™‚

  2. THANKS MAN!!! :))))

  3. You are a genius man !! it works

  4. Thanks!!! I was looking for this… =D

  5. Thanks a lot… great job done

  6. thnx dude!!!!

    needed that…..

    really appreciate ur work…:)

  7. amazing! it works

  8. hey gtalk is a very simple messenger ~~~it has a very simple appereance~~~its set up file is less than 2 mb~~~so plzz dont compare it with other messy like yahoo or msn~~~however voice quality of gtalk is unmatched

  9. Dude it totally works. Freakin awesome. Although for Vista users the instructions should go a little more specific. Like they may have to create the file on their desktop (like I did since it wouldn’t allow me to save directly) then move it over to the location you specified.
    but yes, it definitely works no doubt.

    No more crashes on showing my music track.

    thanks.

  10. Actually, vista users can just rename the “whatsnew” notepad file that already exists in the winamp folder. Thanks, that was a great solution to a frustrating problem. <3

  11. Awesome!!!

    Thanks!

  12. sunscreen avatar
    sunscreen

    i’ve tried the suggested advice and it didn’t help, gtalk still freezes as soon as i try to change the status mssg to show current music track..
    any other suggestions, except creating that file?
    winamp 5.52, WinXpSP2

  13. Aakanksha avatar
    Aakanksha

    Hello,
    I am still trying to fix this problem.
    First of all I’ve windows vista on my laptop and when I click on C:/program files/winamp, there is no “tools” option on that page? What is this tool option?
    Please help!
    Aakanksha

  14. andalsness avatar
    andalsness

    cheers.
    How did you find this out????

  15. it wrkd . thnx man !!

  16. Vijay Anandh avatar
    Vijay Anandh

    Wow it worked. Thank you very much..

  17. Thunder Dragon avatar
    Thunder Dragon

    Thanx man…was dying for dat………
    But if u upgrade winamp 3.35 or any older version to newer version den it works
    U know why???
    Becoz
    Older version had the “winamp.m3u”
    file that has the current track entry and that what googletalk finds to show its status….

    hav fun
    however
    gr8 work man
    -ADIOS

  18. Great job! It works like a charm! ๐Ÿ˜€

    Thanks!

  19. hai boss
    really rock u man. perfect solution .
    thanqqqqqqqqqqqq very much.

  20. Soham Das avatar
    Soham Das

    Man! YOU actually solved it!!!! You rock man!!

    By the way how did you find it out??

  21. Shyamala avatar
    Shyamala

    Thanks so much… was stuck with this problem for a long time:(

  22. Bala Phani Chand avatar
    Bala Phani Chand

    Thank u very much..really i was frustrated with this problem….I am very obliged if u say me how it is working if we follow the steps you have written..

  23. Thanks a lot man….
    i wonder why ur webpage doesnt show up in google ๐Ÿ™‚

  24. Alive Hunter avatar
    Alive Hunter

    thanks …
    it really works…

    truely Gr8….wrk

    thanks ,….cheers

    AH

  25. thanks a lot dude..!!!!it worked for me too…!!!

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  27. Hi Buddy!!!
    Thanks a lot. your solution worked!

    Regards,
    Swami
    [email protected]

  28. Kranthi avatar
    Kranthi

    Thanks Buddy Gr8 Job

  29. Dude this is exactly what i was lookin fr long time!!!

    Thanks mate….

  30. Lee Regnimri avatar
    Lee Regnimri

    Nice tip! Thanks!

  31. Kaushik Biswas avatar
    Kaushik Biswas

    Thanks dude!!

  32. MUDASSAR avatar
    MUDASSAR

    listen akanshaa , u r askin naa tat u can’t find tools , wel buddy u can check tools at upper side of ur my computer window , where u use to click for unhiding nd hiding folders , ……!!!!! if u still have prob than u r free to contact me

  33. Thumbs UP on Stumble upon!
    Thanks a bunch!

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  35. Worked like a charm, thanks mate ๐Ÿ˜‰

  36. Sohel avatar
    Sohel

    wow, it works like a charm no problem at all. thank you so much.

  37. It does work like a charm! Thx!

  38. I love you.

  39. SO GREAT!!!
    WONDERFUL!!!

    Thankร‚ยดs Dude!!!

  40. Hey guys……..
    U may now recheck “Hide known file types” box…..
    As u know, File Type Display will make ur PC slow n irritating display….

    ๐Ÿ™‚

    by the way, Thanx A Million to Sankaranand ๐Ÿ™‚

  41. Win XP Sp2, Winamp 5.5, GTalk (no idea what version), followed your instructions half a song ago, it works perfectly.

    THANK YOU!

  42. Thank you very much…

  43. Thank you!
    Works perfectly now. : )

  44. Thanks buddy..me too a die hard fan of winamp..

  45. habba avatar
    habba

    Thanks man,
    I was struggling for a long while with this issue. Everything seems to work pretty cool now.
    Great job,
    Habba

  46. This didn’t work for me. Xp SP2, Winamp 5.531…no dice. Still freezes.

  47. Melissa avatar
    Melissa

    thank you!!!

  48. amazing…

    Aakanksha – i had the same problem, but that’s because i didn’t have the file typed in correctly…the organized drop down will let you go into folder options…then follow the directions

  49. I have been suffering this problem also:
    http://www.decisioncare.org

  50. i have recently bought a Toshiba A215-S5837 laptop. I tried installing gtalk. However, when I tried to voice chat in gtalk, i’m thrown out of g-talk.
    could u pls help me out?

  51. Hey man thanx a ton….but can u also share the reason why it works after creating a file winamp.m3u iam an M.C.A student so just curious to know from you.

  52. Thanks, works with Google Talk & Winamp 5.52 Lite!

  53. Thanks a ton!! Thought that i could never solve the problem..Now its working really well..:D

  54. sai gopal avatar
    sai gopal

    SUperb! It’s stunningly working… i loved this post.. I really appreciate your work

  55. Thanks a lot dude

  56. all hail o king!!! thanx m8.. ๐Ÿ™‚

  57. Thank You, You are the man ๐Ÿ˜€

  58. ash pro avatar
    ash pro

    good job dude . . .it does work like a charm

  59. great man it worked…thanxxx

  60. Man, u rock…Perfect solution..

  61. Hi dude,
    Wow! Amazing- Genius!
    I am so very much thankful to you for the fix! You rock man! You are the King! Thanks a ton and Keep up the good work.
    You really seem to have to solved my problem in a jiffy- unbelievable.

    Keep up the good work!
    Thanks
    Kamal

  62. Hey, thanks for the solution!!!

  63. What a life saver! Thanks – it’s a bug that’s been bugging me (pun not really intended) ๐Ÿ˜‰

  64. It really worked.

    Thx

  65. GREAT SOLUTION SIR
    I’M VERY THANKFUL TO U
    IT REALLY WORKS.

  66. Great thing dude!! Works perfectly. Thanks so much!!

  67. nitish kumar ojha avatar
    nitish kumar ojha

    o my god —o my god——o my god======u are great u r great dear u r really genious……this is called technical man—–this is called knowledge..man….

    u r great=====hats off to you=====many many’n many thanks ====may u long live======

  68. Thanks, this did the trick!!

  69. It works, BUT it shows first song only and thats it. The first song hangs there, although i listen another…. Does someone knows solution for that. You can send it via mail.

  70. yes the above steps finds a remedy to the solution…whats the technicality behind it???

  71. A for Andy avatar
    A for Andy

    U rock!

  72. thank you very much!!

  73. Thanx for sharing, awesome(works likes wonders)!

  74. Awesome!!!

    I was having this problem for a long time now… i had already tried uninstalling and re-installing both the applications and nothing had worked… but, this change is definitely good… thanks a lot for this fix.

  75. The Maestro avatar
    The Maestro

    Super Genius!!!!

  76. Thanks Dude… it works welll….. great!!!!!

  77. Simply Awesome avatar
    Simply Awesome

    Dude.. thnx man.. this trick worked!!!

    gtalk is now working with winamp like a charm!!

    kudos!!

  78. Thanks a lot buddy,I was facing this problem too…but not anymore… ๐Ÿ™‚

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  79. Fantastic avatar
    Fantastic

    Thanks for the heads up. I always wondered why it killed Googletalk, so I avoided using it. Now I know why and how to fix it!

    Cheers

  80. dude u rock man !!! Its amazing its workin lyk charm thanx a ton ๐Ÿ™‚

  81. Uday Ananth avatar
    Uday Ananth

    Thanks a ton man! ๐Ÿ™‚

  82. Thanks, had the same problem!
    thanks a million

  83. christiandiaz avatar
    christiandiaz

    awesome, works perfect

  84. It works! – thanks dude!

  85. thanx buddy

  86. works like a miracle. exactly what iw as looking for.
    thanks!.

  87. NovemberSoe avatar
    NovemberSoe

    Thanks so so so much. It works….

  88. Works like a champ!

  89. solution is Spot on Cheers!!!!!!

  90. Hey, this solution works like a charm, kudos to you and everyone at Google Talk Help Group!

  91. man really danks>>

  92. Thanx a lot m8, its working!!!

  93. thanks bro … have been trying to do this for a long time ๐Ÿ™‚

  94. You rock! was already taken , but you do! I was trying to work this thing out last night and then I found this page and it worked like magic. Thanks very much for sharing!

  95. gr8 it worked…
    thnx a lot….i was so frustated coz of this prob now it’s really relaxng…..
    thanx…:)

  96. @lejandro avatar
    @lejandro

    muchas gracias. funciono al toque. gracias.

  97. Hullo,
    I must say, you and the “one of the guy” deserve applause for discovering and publishing it.

    initially i didnt think it will work, nothing less than a magic for me.

    great

  98. Iannic ann od avatar
    Iannic ann od

    Thanks!

  99. thanks! it works perfectly ๐Ÿ™‚

  100. Christian avatar
    Christian

    Awesome. Sauce. Totally worked! ๐Ÿ™‚

  101. Ramkumar avatar
    Ramkumar

    It worked. Thanks a ton dude….

  102. rampaul avatar
    rampaul

    thanx dude simple and perfect

  103. hey.. dude…
    really thanks alot..!! yaar its simple and the best … solution…thanx agn.

  104. adadfsf avatar
    adadfsf

    Thank you. This actually worked. Awesome.

  105. abhilash avatar
    abhilash

    hi Dude,

    Thanks for the solution. But if u can exlpain how it works by just creating a file in that folder.

    Just curious.

    Thanks.

  106. Monica avatar
    Monica

    thanks for all the help!
    ๐Ÿ™‚

  107. Debashis avatar
    Debashis

    wow…works like a charm…

  108. phani avatar
    phani

    wow thats what i can say
    tons of thanks for this ๐Ÿ™‚

  109. works..thanx man

  110. thnkxx a loot man……………………………

    u dun noe i searchd a loot 2 fix dis
    thnkxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  111. Just wanted to thank you for posting this. Found it on google and fixed everything.

  112. Thanks man
    But curious why was it not working????

  113. thomas avatar
    thomas

    THANK YOU!!! totally worked and I’m on Windows 7

  114. after alot of thank yous what can i say.. just another thank you!. I’m using gtalk after years!. thanks aloT!!!

  115. Hey thanks a ton.

  116. Awsome resolution, i was struggling with the issue without any clue, thanks for the solution, if you don’t mind can you tell how this works??

  117. Awesome and a very simple soltn……. Thanks a lot

  118. Thanks Dude.. Awsomree.. Now i can use my fav Wimamp Again ๐Ÿ™‚

  119. thx a lott man gr8 ..it wrks

  120. Dr Kiran Kumar avatar
    Dr Kiran Kumar

    Works like a charm… thanks dude..!!!

  121. nice…dude…..working fine…

  122. kempozone avatar
    kempozone

    Im sure many of you are like me and one of the first things you do in the morning is head here and check out the new post. Along with seeing the new posts, I’m also always checking out the blog roll rss feed and watching them grow, or shrink sometimes. In one of my past …but all in all excellent site. Keep it up!

  123. Donnieboy avatar
    Donnieboy

    Just wanted to drop you a line to say, I enjoy reading your site. I thought about starting a blog myself but don’t have the time.
    Oh well maybe one day…. ๐Ÿ™‚

  124. Great find man. Thanks. Works like a charm.

  125. MusicFreak avatar
    MusicFreak

    Awesome. Thanks a lot.

  126. Thanks a lot dude, its worked very well .

  127. anonymous avatar
    anonymous

    worked. awesome.

  128. hei,, it really works!!
    thanks a lot bro.. ๐Ÿ˜€

  129. Great!!!! it works fine.. thanku very much dude..

  130. gr8 work man

    Now its work

  131. surabhi avatar
    surabhi

    Thanks a ton … it works

  132. Thanks for posting this!

  133. Saurabh avatar
    Saurabh

    Dude awesummm……really a good solution to solve dat tedious n frustrating bug….!!
    Do u knw hw cn I shw t current track frm RealPlayer on GTalk..??

  134. Thanks a lot ๐Ÿ™‚ it Did work like a charm ๐Ÿ™‚ You rock!

  135. Another Techie... avatar
    Another Techie…

    Yes, it shows the song name. BUT theres a text in between always in the Gtalk status “Winamp ***” followed by the track number of the song that one is currently listening to.

  136. Shawn avatar
    Shawn

    Excellent solution .. it worked for me. Thanks a lot!!

  137. thanks a bunch man, been trying to get it work since yesterday and everytime it freezed. now it’s working perfecty!

  138. Thanks a lot. I’ve been searching for days to figure this out. Great fix.

  139. Thanks man, that was quick and easy

  140. hlLWrK I’m not easily impreessd. . . but that’s impressing me! ๐Ÿ™‚

  141. awesome fix

  142. Thanks a lot

  143. princess avatar
    princess

    it worked!!! thank you ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚

  144. it works, thank you.

  145. Works like a charm! Thanks man!

  146. ankita avatar
    ankita

    awesome solution!! thnxx alot!! ๐Ÿ˜€

  147. Sooraj avatar
    Sooraj

    Great man…..really good solution…..

  148. DaNiELiTo avatar
    DaNiELiTo

    Thank you! great solution

  149. Tulika Dubey avatar
    Tulika Dubey

    Thanks, It solved my problem. though I would suggest you add that the m3u file has to be placed in the winamp directory.. for dimwits like me ๐Ÿ™‚

  150. Volkan Sen avatar
    Volkan Sen

    Dude.. All I can say is.. You ROCK!
    Thanks for the solution!

  151. Pretty good information about WINAMP! pretty much that’s the only music software i always used. Thanks for the article!

  152. excellent one…..thanks dear…

  153. MaNang MayAye avatar
    MaNang MayAye

    Thanks so much!

  154. MaNang MayAye avatar
    MaNang MayAye

    Thanks

  155. Karthik Jayaram avatar
    Karthik Jayaram

    excellent ๐Ÿ™‚

  156. blazzer12 avatar
    blazzer12

    Thanks You Dude! Worked Like a Charm B)

  157. Philippe avatar
    Philippe

    thanks a lot, you gave me the best solution ! the one given on Gtalk Help doesn’t work at all, yours works perfectly !

  158. HARSH avatar
    HARSH

    thx buddy

  159. Shasi avatar
    Shasi

    Thx Dude.. Gr8 ๐Ÿ˜‰ No words 2 Praise.. Excellent ๐Ÿ™‚

  160. Zatish avatar
    Zatish

    Wow bro thanks a tonne, such simple a solution.
    hats off to you ๐Ÿ™‚

  161. Rashmi avatar
    Rashmi

    thnkx a lot !!! it totally solved my problem…. ๐Ÿ˜€

  162. Thanks dude!!!
    You ROCKS……..

  163. Thanks a Ton my friend!!!!!!! that has been a great help….

  164. Thank you so much!

  165. thank you so muchhhhhhhhhh ๐Ÿ™‚

  166. Hi
    i followed this procedure but it doesnt resolve the issue.

    1. finally i got it right,its working now

  167. I too was a die hard fan of winamp . But due to this problem avoided using it. Now with your solution the problem is fixed. Thanks .

  168. Thank you so much!

  169. Graciiias =)

  170. Thanks Great Sulution!!!

  171. Love you! <3 ๐Ÿ™‚

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