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Windows Media Player will not run
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Posted 2008-08-04, 12:18 PM
Suddenly and unexpectedly, Windows Media Player has stopped working. I cannot start it from the start menu or quick launch and it doesn't start when attempting to run media files. I'm running Windows XP, and the problem started with WMP 10. I have tried upgrading to WMP11, but it did not help
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Posted 2008-08-04, 12:31 PM in reply to WetWired's post "Windows Media Player will not run"
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Suddenly and unexpectedly, Windows Media Player has stopped working. I cannot start it from the start menu or quick launch and it doesn't start when attempting to run media files. I'm running Windows XP, and the problem started with WMP 10. I have tried upgrading to WMP11, but it did not help
Holy shit. Same thing happened to me last week. And I did the exact same thing that you tried to do (upgrade), but even that didn't work. I am also on Windows XP.

For right now I've switched to VLC Media Player.
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Posted 2008-08-04, 12:34 PM in reply to WetWired's post "Windows Media Player will not run"
Wow. That's very weird. Can you reinstall it?
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Posted 2008-08-04, 12:46 PM in reply to Thanatos's post starting "Holy shit. Same thing happened to me..."
Do either of you have Windows Updates enabled, out of interest?
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Posted 2008-08-04, 01:55 PM in reply to Lenny's post starting "Do either of you have Windows Updates..."
Yes, I do. Although I may have skipped out on a couple lately. I'll have to check when I get home.
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Posted 2008-08-04, 03:30 PM in reply to Willkillforfood's post starting "Wow. That's very weird. Can you..."
Yes, I've reinstalled it to no effect.
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Posted 2008-08-04, 03:52 PM in reply to WetWired's post starting "Yes, I've reinstalled it to no effect."
Have you tried uninstalling Windows media player 10 and degrading to 9 or something?
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Posted 2008-08-04, 05:56 PM in reply to Wallow's post starting "Have you tried uninstalling Windows..."
I can't find a way to uninstall 10
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Posted 2008-08-04, 06:00 PM in reply to WetWired's post starting "I can't find a way to uninstall 10"
I have had this happen a couple times with different programs. Sometimes Windows offers help, other times, just ignores it altogether. I checked to make sure that the shortcut was going to the correct location. Even the Start Menu is a shortcut I think...
Just Right-Click the desktop icon, click Properties. Move to the Shortcut tab if it's not there already. Then click Find Target.... If that doesn't do anything, then I guess that means your shortcut is broken. Hope this can be of some help.
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Posted 2008-08-04, 10:05 PM in reply to Draco2003's post starting "I have had this happen a couple times..."
It's not a shortcut problem.
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Posted 2008-08-05, 01:59 AM in reply to WetWired's post starting "It's not a shortcut problem."
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Posted 2008-08-05, 10:58 AM in reply to WetWired's post "Windows Media Player will not run"
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Suddenly and unexpectedly, Windows Media Player has stopped working. I cannot start it from the start menu or quick launch and it doesn't start when attempting to run media files. I'm running Windows XP, and the problem started with WMP 10. I have tried upgrading to WMP11, but it did not help
Have you looked in your task manager to see if the process is running or not? I used to have problems where I would open something, the process would be there, but I'd never see the program. It usually had to do with heavy computer lag and such.

My first guess was that maybe the process is being blocked by something, but if the process is running, that would eliminate that theory.
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Posted 2008-08-05, 11:51 AM in reply to WetWired's post starting "It's not a shortcut problem."
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It's not a shortcut problem.
Umm, Control panel = Uninstall programs?
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Posted 2008-08-05, 01:08 PM in reply to Wallow's post starting "Umm, Control panel = Uninstall programs?"
WMP doesn't show up in the list except 11, and 11 just does a restore to what you were running before it. Even the window component uninstall just removes icons. There is no uninstall for WMP.
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Posted 2008-08-05, 01:43 PM in reply to WetWired's post starting "WMP doesn't show up in the list except..."
Mine still won't work, either, and I've tried numerous things. That's weird that it happened at around the same time.
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Posted 2008-08-05, 01:47 PM in reply to Thanatos's post starting "Mine still won't work, either, and I've..."
Will the program run in Safe Mode for either of you?
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Posted 2008-08-05, 04:48 PM in reply to Lenny's post starting "Will the program run in Safe Mode for..."
I'd suggest you guys go to www.computerproblems.org

I know advertising other websites isn't allowed, but they're super helpful with any sort of computer problems. A few Zelaroners post there (or at least used to) and the people there really seem to know their stuff. Be sure to give every bit of information that you can.
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Posted 2008-08-06, 12:34 AM in reply to WetWired's post starting "WMP doesn't show up in the list except..."
If you want to bad enough just reformat . And this all happened because you touch yourself at night.
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Posted 2008-08-07, 07:07 AM in reply to Willkillforfood's post starting "If you want to bad enough just reformat..."
try looking for the uninstall in program files/windows movie player
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Posted 2008-08-07, 07:28 PM in reply to jamer123's post starting "try looking for the uninstall in..."
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try looking for the uninstall in program files/windows movie player
Jamer, we've already suggested this. Read the past posts before you post useless spam.
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