Usually this is a Windows Mobile or Plays For Sure device still attached
that won't allow WMP to shut down all the way
"zachd [MSFT]" <zachd@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23vfFseVWHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
> This should mean that either:
> * an application or service is still using WMP; or
> * a device driver will not shut down properly.
>
> In the first case, you would want to check what else is running. In the
> second case, you would want to update your device drivers (video and audio
> card drivers are the most suspect).
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> 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.
> --
>
> "Chris" <cuke2u@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1A5B9FBE-F340-429F-9C79-2A0B705E1A30@microsoft.com...
>> Hi, I've also had this wmp issue as well, and it is on a fresh
>> installation. I've also had the issue whereby wmp keeps playing sound
>> despite having shut it down, if you go to task manager you find it is
>> still running as a process. I think this is a bug some where within
>> wmp...
>> ChrisC
>> "bucfan" <bucfan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:197D8197-532E-4868-A284-0986D1E99D5A@microsoft.com...
>>> This didnt work for me. I did install the package, though I received
>>> several
>>> errors but in the end it says it was successful. I just dont think it
>>> installed every codec. I still can not play .WMV files in media player
>>> itself
>>> or through a web page. This makes no sense, seeing how I could do this a
>>> week
>>> ago and I have not installed anything new since then or made any changes
>>> to
>>> my system. Any other ideas? How about uninstalling windows media player
>>> 11 or
>>> repairing it which seems impossible in Vista?! Any way to do this and do
>>> you
>>> think it would help?
>>>
>>> "Jeff" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Google for "Vista codec package" and install it. It covers pretty much
>>>> all
>>>> audio and video formats.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Rosedith" <Rosedith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:1B66F9FB-AEA8-4C72-93E2-5361C653E4CB@microsoft.com...
>>>> >I can't get Media Player to open at all for ANY audio files. I like
>>>> >to
>>>> > listne to Internet Radio but on my new Vista machine, they won't open
>>>> > at
>>>> > all.
>>>> > When I click on Media Player exe, nothing happens. Ack. do I have
>>>> > to go
>>>> > back to my old Mac to liste to audio files?
>>>> >
>>>> > Rosey in Tucson
>>>> >
>>>> > "bucfan" wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> Several times a day just randomly I get a pop up that that says
>>>> >> "Windows
>>>> >> Media Player Has Stopped Working " and then it says it can check for
>>>> >> a
>>>> >> solution or close the program. First off, this happens when I am not
>>>> >> even
>>>> >> running windows media players. Its just random. What could be the
>>>> >> problem
>>>> >> and why is it that all of a sudden I can not play .WMV files either
>>>> >> embedded
>>>> >> in web pages or downloaded to my computer? Windows Media Player will
>>>> >> play
>>>> >> other types of movie files but not the one it is suppose to. A week
>>>> >> ago I
>>>> >> had
>>>> >> no problems. Now this happens out of no where. Any help would be
>>>> >> appreciated.
>>>>
>>
>
>