Vista - Unable to play mp3s in wmp 11 on vista, however they play fine in winamp

I am running a clean install of Vista (Home premium OEM) and am unable
to play any of my mp3's in windows media player 11 or windows media
center. Whenever I try to play an mp3 I get the following error
"Windows Media Player cannot access the file. The file might be in
use, you might not have access to the computer where the file is
stored, or your proxy settings might not be correct." The files are
all stored in [username]\music, I dont think permissions are a problem
as winamp will play the same files fine. I have tried deleting and
recreating the library and it still doesnt work. I have also tried
riping a CD to mp3. WMP will create the mp3s fine, but when I try to
play them it gives me the same error. Any suggestions?

No issues here. Try playing an MP3 file from the desktop, can you play a
music CD?

"nigelhooper" <nigelhooper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I am running a clean install of Vista (Home premium OEM) and am unable
> to play any of my mp3's in windows media player 11 or windows media
> center. Whenever I try to play an mp3 I get the following error
> "Windows Media Player cannot access the file. The file might be in
> use, you might not have access to the computer where the file is
> stored, or your proxy settings might not be correct." The files are
> all stored in [username]\music, I dont think permissions are a problem
> as winamp will play the same files fine. I have tried deleting and
> recreating the library and it still doesnt work. I have also tried
> riping a CD to mp3. WMP will create the mp3s fine, but when I try to
> play them it gives me the same error. Any suggestions?
>

On Feb 18, 5:50 pm, "Joe Medford" <joe...@msn.com> wrote:
> No issues here. Try playing an MP3 file from the desktop, can you play a
> music CD?
>
> "nigelhooper" <nigelhoo...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1171819826.542063.198650@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> >I am running a clean install of Vista (Home premium OEM) and am unable
> > to play any of my mp3's in windows media player 11 or windows media
> > center. Whenever I try to play an mp3 I get the following error
> > "Windows Media Player cannot access the file. The file might be in
> > use, you might not have access to the computer where the file is
> > stored, or your proxy settings might not be correct." The files are
> > all stored in [username]\music, I dont think permissions are a problem
> > as winamp will play the same files fine. I have tried deleting and
> > recreating the library and it still doesnt work. I have also tried
> > riping a CD to mp3. WMP will create the mp3s fine, but when I try to
> > play them it gives me the same error. Any suggestions?

WMP will play CDs fine. I tried ripping the cd to wma and got the
same error. I have tried copying an mp3 and wma to my desktop and
playing from there, same error. Tried copying the mp3 and wma to a
data cd and playing them, same error. Tried copying them to a USB
disk formatted with FAT same error. Exited all running programs (anti
virus, firewall etc). Still cant get it to play. Its driving me
mad. I have double checked and Winamp still plays the same files.
Any one else got any ideas?

">
> WMP will play CDs fine. I tried ripping the cd to wma and got the
> same error. I have tried copying an mp3 and wma to my desktop and
> playing from there, same error. Tried copying the mp3 and wma to a
> data cd and playing them, same error. Tried copying them to a USB
> disk formatted with FAT same error. Exited all running programs (anti
> virus, firewall etc). Still cant get it to play. Its driving me
> mad. I have double checked and Winamp still plays the same files.
> Any one else got any ideas?
>

Long shot but could you download and reinstall WMP 11?

Jerry

On Feb 19, 9:26 pm, "Jerry" <j...@nospam.com> wrote:
> ">
>
> > WMP will play CDs fine. I tried ripping the cd to wma and got the
> > same error. I have tried copying an mp3 and wma to my desktop and
> > playing from there, same error. Tried copying the mp3 and wma to a
> > data cd and playing them, same error. Tried copying them to a USB
> > disk formatted with FAT same error. Exited all running programs (anti
> > virus, firewall etc). Still cant get it to play. Its driving me
> > mad. I have double checked and Winamp still plays the same files.
> > Any one else got any ideas?
>
> Long shot but could you download and reinstall WMP 11?
>
> Jerry

I dont think you can reinstall WMP 11 because it is part of vista.

Does any one know how to repair an install of WMP 11 on vista?

On Feb 18, 5:30 pm, "nigelhooper" <nigelhoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am running a clean install of Vista (Home premium OEM) and am unable
> to play any of my mp3's in windows media player 11 or windows media
> center. Whenever I try to play an mp3 I get the following error
> "Windows Media Player cannot access the file. The file might be in
> use, you might not have access to the computer where the file is
> stored, or your proxy settings might not be correct." The files are
> all stored in [username]\music, I dont think permissions are a problem
> as winamp will play the same files fine. I have tried deleting and
> recreating the library and it still doesnt work. I have also tried
> riping a CD to mp3. WMP will create the mp3s fine, but when I try to
> play them it gives me the same error. Any suggestions?

In the end it appears to be a problem with Jetico firewall, which is
yet to be resolved, see the thread here:
http://www.smokey-services.eu/forum/...pic.php?t=1961

nigelhooper wrote:
> On Feb 19, 9:26 pm, "Jerry" <j...@nospam.com> wrote:
>> ">
>>
>>> WMP will play CDs fine. I tried ripping the cd to wma and got the
>>> same error. I have tried copying an mp3 and wma to my desktop and
>>> playing from there, same error. Tried copying the mp3 and wma to a
>>> data cd and playing them, same error. Tried copying them to a USB
>>> disk formatted with FAT same error. Exited all running programs (anti
>>> virus, firewall etc). Still cant get it to play. Its driving me
>>> mad. I have double checked and Winamp still plays the same files.
>>> Any one else got any ideas?
>> Long shot but could you download and reinstall WMP 11?
>>
>> Jerry
>
> I dont think you can reinstall WMP 11 because it is part of vista.
>
> Does any one know how to repair an install of WMP 11 on vista?
>

Yeah.

1. Wipe hard drive

2. Put XP of your choice in the CDROM.

3. Set BIOS to boot from the CDROM

4. Follow XP install instructions and don't upgrade WMP to 11. Download
10 instead.

Alias

I'll bet it is "playing".

Had same problem and it is mfpmp.exe.

Open task manager and you should see it at 50 - 75%. Kill it and restart
the song.

You will have to do this with each song.

Great software ehhh???

Lloyd Sheen

"Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.cl> wrote in message
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> nigelhooper wrote:
>> On Feb 19, 9:26 pm, "Jerry" <j...@nospam.com> wrote:
>>> ">
>>>
>>>> WMP will play CDs fine. I tried ripping the cd to wma and got the
>>>> same error. I have tried copying an mp3 and wma to my desktop and
>>>> playing from there, same error. Tried copying the mp3 and wma to a
>>>> data cd and playing them, same error. Tried copying them to a USB
>>>> disk formatted with FAT same error. Exited all running programs (anti
>>>> virus, firewall etc). Still cant get it to play. Its driving me
>>>> mad. I have double checked and Winamp still plays the same files.
>>>> Any one else got any ideas?
>>> Long shot but could you download and reinstall WMP 11?
>>>
>>> Jerry
>>
>> I dont think you can reinstall WMP 11 because it is part of vista.
>>
>> Does any one know how to repair an install of WMP 11 on vista?
>>
>
> Yeah.
>
> 1. Wipe hard drive
>
> 2. Put XP of your choice in the CDROM.
>
> 3. Set BIOS to boot from the CDROM
>
> 4. Follow XP install instructions and don't upgrade WMP to 11. Download 10
> instead.
>
> Alias