No Mp3 Rip in WMP

The title pretty much says it all, I cannot rip from a cd into mp3 format anymore and I get an error that says "One or more tracks cannot be ripped from the cd."

I can rip in wma but mp3 has higher quality. Here is the error code from microsoft: C00D10D2.

Thanks

Microsoft- Windows Media Player cannot rip the track because a compatible MP3 encoder is not installed on your computer. Install a compatible MP3 encoder or choose a different format to rip to (such as Windows Media Audio).

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The solution is to find and install an MP3 Encoder. It was probably deleted by mistake when another program was uninstalled. I had a similar problem not too long ago except my problem related to a video decoder which somehow disappeared or stopped working.

So... how do I do that? Should I just put the files for lame or some other encoder in the WMP folder in Program Files?

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EDIT:
Sorry I thought I had found a compatible Mp3 Encoder but was wrong

Hi Marty,
Which WMP are you using?
My Vista 32 version has tools>options>rip music>rip settings on it which I set to MP3..

Sorry for taking so long to respond...

Anyway, I have WMP 11 in Vista and it used to work just like that up until a few days ago. At first I thought it was because of Comodo System Cleaner's registry cleaner having a problem but I restored the backup and the issue was still there. I can still rip fine in MediaMonkey and ExpressRip but, nothing works quite as well as Windows Media Player did. Too bad there isn't a way to do a repair install of WMP...

Marty, you could try a sfc scan.

Here is tutorial on sfc.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html?ltr=S&filter[11]=Performance%20Maintenance

If that doesn't work it's looking like you might have to do a repair install from the recovery disc