I just bought two new stage computers. I'm retiring my 2002 XP ThinkPad and Win7 ThinkPads. They still work but we've been playing in some dark areas, and I really want a backlit keyboard. The new ThinkPads I just bought have nice, bright, backlit keyboards.

When on the gig, I play the mp3 backing tracks that I make myself with Windows Media Player. I like the window to be small on the screen.

I can use the new Win11 version of Windows Media Player, and make it small, but the next time I play another song, it opens large again. It takes up way too much real estate.

So I chose the Legacy Media Player, which opens small every time.

OK, That problem is solved, but it creates another minor problem.

Unlike the old Win XP and Win 7 versions of Media Player, the progress bar along with the stop, start, vol controls disappear unless the mouse arrow is constantly hovering over that part of the window.

I like seeing the progress bar to know how close to the end of the song playing I am.

I wonder if there is any way to keep the progress bar from disappearing without having to hover the mouse cursor over it?

Thanks.
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