After some thought I've decided to switch to a different Windows player (MusicBee). I feel it will have better support (well it hasn't been updated in a while so we'll see) and has more of the features I want.
I used to be an Linux user and I'm happy that these user have a quality player (Strawberry) they can use. I wish you all the best.
Thank you for looking at this problem.
This is not a major bug preventing me from using Strawberry, but just annoying.
I know how to get round the problem but I am not sure my sister or some of my friends would.
This could deter them from using it.