Re: Windows Media Player 11 does not run - Vista Ultimate

I have this problem and have had it before, the last time i rebuilt my
laptop, I refuse to do it this time

Some interesting things i have learned though

This problem is directly linked to IE7, websites that i buy music from do
not load properly and always have an error or if they do load then i cant
play any of the samples.

If i use another browser same problem

If you turn off the access control ,then media player works fine as it does
also if you run it as an administrator - never understood this one as my
aco*** is an admin so why have this feature - also the websites as described
above work fine

I have also created another account on my machine and media player works
fine from this account.

All this points to a problem with profile. I find it frustrating to have to
right click to run as admin evey time i want to run media player.
If i turn acces control off permantley then this affects some of my other
programs as although i am still logged in as me the other programs think I am
another user an all personal data or settings are not recognised

It is not possible to reinstall IE7 or Vista media player so this is a stale
mate situation

Microsoft need to know this is a commom problem and issue a fix
its been going on to long


"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:


Right, WMP forms the guts of Media Center, so that's expected.

It should point to %windir%\system32\wmp.dll , more or less.

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"Stan" <Stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Zach, Thanks for your quick reply and your help!. i have tried running
it
directly and it does the same thing..nothing. so its not a shortcut issue.
im
currently not at home so i cannot tell you the value of that registry
entry,
but i will check when i get home. what should it be? also, relating to
this
not functioning properly, Media Center will not work either and it
complains
that there is a error with one of the components (windows media player).
so
if i fix WMP then i fix media center.

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:


What's the value for:
HKCR, CLSID\{6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6}\InprocServer32
?

What happens if you run:
%programfiles%\windows media player\wmplayer.exe
directly?

Does
http://zachd.com/pss/allbrowser.htm
show WMP?

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
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"Stan" <Stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Zach,

No i havnt installed anything! :(

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:


Did you install anything before this started happening? I know at
least
SatelliteTVforPC stomps on WMP...

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
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"Stan" <Stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, i am in desperate help. When i click on Windows Media Player the
cursor
changes to its busy symbol for a split second and then back to
normal.
Media
Player doesn't run! i have tried a system file check but nothing.
Please
Help! i Am running Vista Ultimate Edition!









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