Media Player will not open

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jeffreim

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Hey folks. I'm hoping someone can help me with a Media Player problem...
I'm running Vista Home Premium 32bit, and use WMP for playing/ripping CD's,
playing audio files from my hard drive, etc. Recently, the program has stopped
working completely. It is set up as the default player for audio files, but when I
double-click a file, nothing happens at all. I try to right-click/"open with," etc., still
nothing. I try to open WMP from the task bar, start menu, directly from the program files/windows media player/wmplayer.exe -- all to no avail.
Of course, my first thought was to uninstall/reinstall, but as I'm sure you know, that
can't be done in Vista (unless someone knows some back-door trick?).
I'd appreciate any suggestions for a new approach.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 530
    CPU
    Intel Core2Quad

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Mine has been doing the same thing today. Double click and nothing happens. My Dad's laptop was doing the same thing a few days ago, but he had a service pack update to put on, did that and it was working again. There's no update to put on, on mine so have no idea why it's not working!
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP G60 Notebook
The first thing to do with any problem is to be sure that Vist has all the updates and SPs
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
jeffreim said:
Hey folks. I'm hoping someone can help me with a Media Player problem...
I'm running Vista Home Premium 32bit, and use WMP for playing/ripping CD's,
playing audio files from my hard drive, etc. Recently, the program has stopped
working completely. It is set up as the default player for audio files, but when I
double-click a file, nothing happens at all. I try to right-click/"open with," etc., still
nothing. I try to open WMP from the task bar, start menu, directly from the program files/windows media player/wmplayer.exe -- all to no avail.
Of course, my first thought was to uninstall/reinstall, but as I'm sure you know, that
can't be done in Vista (unless someone knows some back-door trick?).
I'd appreciate any suggestions for a new approach.
Click to expand...

Suggestions :

1. Run a system file check. It is to look for corrupt files and repair them if found.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html

2. If file check cannot help, create another account with exactly the same privileges as this one > logon to the new account > can you play WMP in this account ?
If no issue with WMP in new account, then the old account must be corrupted.
 

My Computer

System One

Hi everyone

In addition to Richard's great advice, you can try this tool.
Be sure to create a restore point as advised.

Hope this helps.
Sweet
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 5738G-644G32MN
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo - clockspeed 2000 MHz
    Motherboard
    Acer JV50
    Memory
    RAM 4 GB - SO-DIMM DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce - G105M - 512 MB
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768 Pixels
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi HTS543232L9A300
    320 GB - Type SATA - Speed 5400 rpm
    Keyboard
    Azerty
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless Mouse M505
    Internet Speed
    Currently 14.5 MB/Sec which means 1.8 MB/Sec effective
TY Sweet, glad at least you think my advice was worthwhile.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
It always is Rich :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 5738G-644G32MN
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo - clockspeed 2000 MHz
    Motherboard
    Acer JV50
    Memory
    RAM 4 GB - SO-DIMM DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce - G105M - 512 MB
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768 Pixels
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi HTS543232L9A300
    320 GB - Type SATA - Speed 5400 rpm
    Keyboard
    Azerty
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless Mouse M505
    Internet Speed
    Currently 14.5 MB/Sec which means 1.8 MB/Sec effective
Thank you, friends.
The System Restore did the trick.
I appreciate all the responses.
Have a good day!
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 530
    CPU
    Intel Core2Quad
You are welcome
Make sure that you always keep SR up to date, for problems such as this.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
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