Media Player will not open/load on vista.

Discussion in 'Software' started by ghostguy00, May 17, 2009.

  1. ghostguy00

    ghostguy00 Private E-2

    Will not open in safe mode, admistrater, or even as another user. How can I fix this? I tried the updates from microsoft.
     
  2. plodr

    plodr Major Geek Super Extraordinaire

    I assume you mean WMP. What version? What version of windows are you running? Service packs installed? Any error messages?
    What updates?
     
  3. ghostguy00

    ghostguy00 Private E-2

  4. plodr

    plodr Major Geek Super Extraordinaire

    Right click an audio or video file and select Open With. Scroll the list until you find WMP. If it is not listed, you need to browse until you find the path to the exe. Note: I don't run Vista so I can't see exactly what sort of dialog you will get as a choice when you select Open With.

    Here's also lots of links to MS fixes for WMP 11
    http://support.microsoft.com/search...ows+media+player+11+fix&adv=&mode=r&cat=False

    This one might be the one to start with
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925704
     
    Last edited: May 18, 2009
  5. ghostguy00

    ghostguy00 Private E-2

    I tried nothing works. Like I told you if I click on a file WMP will not load at all. Anyways I had to do a complete system restore from factory. This worked. But I have to reload all programs and files. But my comp. is back to normal. Thanks for your help.
     

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