I have Windows Media Player set up to stream video to several devices in my apartment. I had recently run out of space so I purchased an external drive to store my videos/music etc.

I can add the media to my WMP library and play it locally without issue. As soon as I try to access the media from another device that supports media streaming (Media player or another PC) only the media stored on a fixed drive is available.

Is there a way to enable media sharing from a removable drive or somehow trick WMP that the media is stored on a fixed drive?

I tried setting up a SymLink linking a directory on the fixed drive to the removable one but with the same result.