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Re: Windows Media Player won't start
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"Brother Derrick" <BrotherDerrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have the exact same problem wmplayer.exe is in memory running as a process
> click on any file audio or video nothing happens.
>
> When you close the process and click on a file they run as normal. I
> believe wmplayer.exe is in memory for part of the superfetch feature which
> makes apps open quicker but keeping them in memory. I don't mind this
> because I have 4Gigs of Ram but all I want is the WMP to run the files.
>
> I download windows media classic with K-lite and it plays them one click but
> it disables the aero glass.
>
> I am hope someone will know how to resolve this problem.
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> "Rob" wrote:
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>> When this happens, press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to start Task Manager, select the
>> Processes tab and you'll find the wmplayer.exe process is already running
>> (although it doesn't appear on the Applications tab). Select it and choose
>> End Process.
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>> I've no idea why, but some bug in Vista causes wmplayer to start whenever
>> the PC is restarted or brought out of sleep, but without its window showing.
>> You can't run two instances of wmplayer, and as Vista assumes you're trying
>> to run a second instance when you click Windows Media Player, it silently
>> ignores you.
>>
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