Save media information and ratings to your media files. Perform the steps in the following procedure to save media information and star ratings to your media files.

1. In Windows Media Player 10, click the Tools menu, and then click Options.
2. Click the Library tab, select the Maintain my star ratings as global ratings in the media files check box.
When this check box is selected, the user ratings for your songs are saved in your media files rather than in your library database file. This process occurs in the background, so it may take some time before your ratings are saved to all of your media files.
The next step in this procedure ensures that your ratings (and any changes that you have made to other media information) are saved to your files immediately.
3. Click the Tools menu, and then click Process media information now.