Re: Problem playing .avi files

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On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:59:06 -0500, I wrote...

| I just installed a new LCD monitor connected via the DVI output. WMP 11
| suddenly refuses to play an .avi file when I click on the file name. It always
| did before. It plays .mpg files when I click on them. Also, it plays the .avi
| perfectly if I first open WMP and then select the .avi file through File > Open.
|
| In Folder Options > File types, WMP shows as the program to open and play .avi
| files. When I click on the .avi file, nothing seems to happen although WMP
| shows as running in Task Manager.
|
| Any ideas why switching from a CRT to LCD digital output monitor should cause
| this change?

Evidently, the monitor change was only coincidental. A re-installation of WMP
11 has mainly solved the problem, although it does still occur intermittently.
But something is definitely wrong when an otherwise primary program starts
without visibly running.

ChrisM
.

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