Windows Media Player 11 and 12 offer a make now playing mode that allows you to play media files directly from your computer’s hard drive. This is a great feature if you have a lot of media files that you want to play at once, or if you want to keep track of what media files are currently playing on your computer. To enable the make now playing mode in Windows Media Player 11 and 12, open Windows Media Player and click on the three lines in the top left corner of the window. On the left side of the window, you will see a list of media players. If Windows Media Player is not open, click on the three lines in the top left corner of the window and then click on OK. If Windows Media Player is open, click on the three lines in the top left corner of the window and then click on OK. The make now playing mode will be enabled. To stop making new media files available for playback, select one of the other options below.
Open Windows Media Player to Library view and go to Organize \ Options.
Now in the Options window click on the Player tab and under Player settings check the box next to Keep Now Playing on top of other windows the click Ok.
Now WMP will always stay on top of all the other application windows you have open.
If you only want it always on top during some computing sessions, and easier method is to right-click in the Now Playing window, then check or uncheck Always show Now Playing on top from the context menu.
Using the Right-click method is probably the easiest way to quickly enable or disable the setting. If you want to make sure WMP stays on top of other windows while your working, this will do the trick.
