Major Windows media player trouble

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gunit

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Whenever I click any wmplayer playable files I get a popup saying:
"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"
"Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item."
Tried deleting and restoring files, changing permissions, taking ownership, downloading windows media player 11. Whenever I try right clicking the shortcuts that explorer window freezes. Tried installing old version too, with no success.
my pc is virus and malware free
I even am the adimstrator
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware
Are you on any kind of domain? Like a work computer or something?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway NV52
    CPU
    2100 MHz
    Motherboard
    Unknown
    Memory
    4.00 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (259 MB)
    Sound Card
    HD Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1366 by 768
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi HTS545032B9A3 SCSI Disk Device
    Cooling
    Multiple Fans
    Keyboard
    Gateway Laptop Keyboard
    Mouse
    Synaptics Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    Broadband
Heyy,
Something similar happened to a friends computer, it was one of thoes eee pc's. There are 2 partitions on there, one for programs and one for personal files. everytime we turned it on it had an error saying that it couldnt locate the "explorer.exe" file and there was no taskbar, couldnt even open task manager.

We had to re install windows to fix it, so that might be the case with you, not saying it is, but it sounds similar.. Unless theres another way to fix it..

Hope this helps,
Daniel =)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom built.
    CPU
    AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core @ 4.2GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia geforce GTS240 1GB, 3GB shared memory. SLI soon.
    Sound Card
    realtek high definition audio, onboard.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19 inch widescreen monitor, DVI.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 by 900, 32 bit colour, 75 hertz.
    Hard Drives
    1 128GB Kingston SSD Now OS drive
    1 250GB sata main drive.
    1 160GB from old install.
    1 500GB for re-directs from OS disk.
    1 Seagate GoFlex External 1TB with backups.
    PSU
    750 watt.
    Case
    Foxconn TSAA699.
    Cooling
    4 fans.
    Keyboard
    Trust Wireless Optical Deskset Keyboard.
    Mouse
    Trust Wireless Optical Deskset Mouse.
    Internet Speed
    download about 60/65MB/s, upload about 3/4MB/s. Virgin Media
    Other Info
    ASUS EEEPad Transformer 16GB with Dock w/32GB class10 SD |
    Dell PE1950 II / 2xDual Core Xeons @3.00GHz / 16GB RAM / PERC 5i/R / 2x36GB SAS OS - 2x1TB SATA Data both RAID 1 |
Daniel,
You could have gone into safe mode and tried to use cmd, or just ran cmd manually.

EEE Pcs are always weird. 2 portions of a hard drive? Seriously? :D
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway NV52
    CPU
    2100 MHz
    Motherboard
    Unknown
    Memory
    4.00 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (259 MB)
    Sound Card
    HD Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1366 by 768
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi HTS545032B9A3 SCSI Disk Device
    Cooling
    Multiple Fans
    Keyboard
    Gateway Laptop Keyboard
    Mouse
    Synaptics Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    Broadband
newblueboy said:
Daniel,
You could have gone into safe mode and tried to use cmd, or just ran cmd manually.

EEE Pcs are always weird. 2 portions of a hard drive? Seriously? :D
Click to expand...

Hmm, maybe, but we couldnt actually get it into safemode, and yeah, seroiusly, one for programs and one for personal docs and stuff. it didnt have a hard drive either, like virtual memory :sarc: lol
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom built.
    CPU
    AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core @ 4.2GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia geforce GTS240 1GB, 3GB shared memory. SLI soon.
    Sound Card
    realtek high definition audio, onboard.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19 inch widescreen monitor, DVI.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 by 900, 32 bit colour, 75 hertz.
    Hard Drives
    1 128GB Kingston SSD Now OS drive
    1 250GB sata main drive.
    1 160GB from old install.
    1 500GB for re-directs from OS disk.
    1 Seagate GoFlex External 1TB with backups.
    PSU
    750 watt.
    Case
    Foxconn TSAA699.
    Cooling
    4 fans.
    Keyboard
    Trust Wireless Optical Deskset Keyboard.
    Mouse
    Trust Wireless Optical Deskset Mouse.
    Internet Speed
    download about 60/65MB/s, upload about 3/4MB/s. Virgin Media
    Other Info
    ASUS EEEPad Transformer 16GB with Dock w/32GB class10 SD |
    Dell PE1950 II / 2xDual Core Xeons @3.00GHz / 16GB RAM / PERC 5i/R / 2x36GB SAS OS - 2x1TB SATA Data both RAID 1 |
What a strange PC...

That would make a great commercial for Mac though!
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway NV52
    CPU
    2100 MHz
    Motherboard
    Unknown
    Memory
    4.00 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (259 MB)
    Sound Card
    HD Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1366 by 768
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi HTS545032B9A3 SCSI Disk Device
    Cooling
    Multiple Fans
    Keyboard
    Gateway Laptop Keyboard
    Mouse
    Synaptics Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    Broadband
gunit said:
Whenever I click any wmplayer playable files I get a popup saying:
"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"
"Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item."
Tried deleting and restoring files, changing permissions, taking ownership, downloading windows media player 11. Whenever I try right clicking the shortcuts that explorer window freezes. Tried installing old version too, with no success.
my pc is virus and malware free
I even am the adimstrator
Click to expand...
Can you open the media player at all if so can you get the file to play going to file menu in the player itself.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
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