is there a way to put the music player in the back ground
 

I had a muziq phone from lg and with the music app we could do things on the phone will the music player was still running in the background. Right now with this app i cant even go to the today page without it pausing. Anyone get around this.

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Do you have HTC X button/task manager or some other "app closer" utility running? Because otherwise, tapping the X in the upper right corner should not cause your music to stop.

So assuming you have one of those programs, what you need to do is set Windows Media Player (or whatever application you're using to play music) as excluded (meaning that instead of closing it, tapping the X will just minimize it instead, leaving it running (playing) in the background.

If you want to reply back with what program you're using to close apps then we can give you specific instructions.

Thanks for the respones. I dont have any app closers to my knowledge. When I press the x on the wmp it shut and no music of course. I want to be able to at least look at my contacts or do notes and listen to music. I have the htc home plug in, htc home customizer,pocketcm, i have a tcpmp its a media player but slow as heck and it works in the background but wmp doenst. any other suggestions?

Go to Start->Settings->System tab->Remove Programs and list everything that's in there.

tillanosoft tgetfile
pocketcm contacts
emunutz htc home customizer
htc htc home
microsoft live search
microsoft crossbow sounds
commmanager 10key fix
cingular shazaa musicid
skunkworks flashvideobundle
tcpmp the core pocket media player
arcsoft arcsoft mms
google maps
handmark on demand
audible audibleair

wow do i really need all that stuff.....

an easy way to do this and still be able to manage the apps running is just to get x-button, use whatever media player you would like tcpmp, wmp, or audio manager, play whatever file you would like, then hit start and today, it will bring up your today screen, and not pause your music, ive tested all of the above just now... then you can use whatever apps you want, and at your today screen x-button will provide you will a drag down button to close or select whatever programs you would like... the x button next to the program name closes the app, and by clicking on the app name you can bring them up... hope this helps...

Question... In your Windows Media options, in the playback tab do you have Pause playback while using another program checked?

Yeah, I would check this. It's the first thing I thought of.

Nice catch rijc99! I never even knew WMP had that option, and to my knowledge it is not checked by default.

Learn something new every day. :)

I don't believe it is either... any updates on whether the problem was solved or not?