Re: internal application occured

From: zachd [ms] (zachd_at_nomailplz.online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/06/04


Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 23:19:48 -0700


You got a setup failure? In the file c:\windows\wmsetup.log , what lines
contain "ERROR: "?

-Zach

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"theredcliche" <theredcliche@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:969894F3-3461-4D02-8AA5-9419CF64BE16@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your help.  I tried to reinstall it, like you said, and it 
> says, WMP could not be installed.. blahblahblah Setup will close.. I 
> launch mplayer2.exe and it's playing right now.. so does this mean my 
> windows media player 9 isn't installed right?  how do i go about fixing 
> that?
>
> "Chris Lanier [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> If you get an "Internal Application Error" while launching Windows Media
>> Player it is likely not installed correctly.  You will want to 
>> re-download a
>> copy of the player and then install it over your installation.  It can be
>> downloaded at http://tinyurl.com/2qja5.
>>
>> It you are still getting the error after you know the player is installed
>> properly then it is being caused by something external to Windows Media
>> Player.
>>
>> If you have installed any "Codec Packs" at any time they might also cause
>> this.  It doesn't matter if you have uninstalled it, because the 
>> uninstaller
>> for these third party codec packs only work about 2% of the time.
>>
>> Now, if it's not the player itself and you have not installed any codec
>> packs at any point then the problem is most likely your video or audio
>> drivers.  To test this launch mplayer2.exe (Start>>Run>>Type 
>> "mplayer2.exe")
>> and see if you can play video and audio files without issues.
>>
>> If you run into an issue then it's also likely causing issues with WMP 9
>> also.  Reinstall both the audio and video drivers to fix that.
>>
>> If that doesn't do it it's could be the CD-ROM driver doing it.  Please 
>> see
>> http://tinyurl.com/32s5j for help fixing that.
>>
>> If none of the above helps you will want to ask real Product Support. 
>> See
>> http://tinyurl.com/36lmt.
>>
>> -- 
>> Chris Lanier
>> Microsoft MVP - Digital Media
>> ---
>> "theredcliche" <theredcliche@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:421BA630-2670-4B94-97AE-E5A8EC757D04@microsoft.com...
>> > i got a new dell computer with windows xp, used musicmatch.. never 
>> > tried
>> to use windows media player.  when i tried to use it, i get the error
>> message, "internal application occured".  i have tried to uninstall 
>> wndows
>> media player, but it gives me an error message about it being in use.. 
>> even
>> if i had just restarted my computer, and turned everything off... i've 
>> tried
>> to reinstall version 9.. nothing works.  when i'm installing, it stops 
>> and
>> says setup could not be completed, blah blah blah, setup will now close..
>> the only reason i EVEN need windows media player is for videos... windows 
>> is
>> more common than real one player, and if anyone has any suggestions, it
>> would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>> 


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