Vista - Windows media player stopped working

I thought "sfc /scannow" when run with administrator privileges would give
you the chance to fix that up... ?

I haven't replaced my mf.dll with the previous posters link but on running "sfc /scannow" I receive the following notice:

Windows Resource Protection found some corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them.

The clarification of importance would be: did you run that with
administrative credentials? If you ran it from cmd.exe when you run cmd.exe
as an administrator, it could potentially help you fix the issue. If not,
it could not help you fix the issue.

Yes, I was only able to run it as an administrator in the first place, the command doesn't work for me otherwise.

I just got the same "Windows media player stopped working" dialog when I double-clicked on an avi file. The only option is "close program", and that works great - it silently closes. Sure would appreciate some distinct corrective steps to fix it.

I updated my SigmaTel audio driver, recommended to me by my Dell Support Center application and this allowed me to finally view Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Update. Having updated to Service Pack 1 Windows Media Player seems to be behaving normally!

this is my problem:
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: wmplayer.exe
Application Version: 11.0.6000.6344
Application Timestamp: 46e5f12e
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6000.16386
Fault Module Timestamp: 4549bdc9
Exception Code: c00000fd
Exception Offset: 000625c4
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 13321
Additional Information 1: 0621
Additional Information 2: c995d291e701934de0ddf3001bc76173
Additional Information 3: df48
Additional Information 4: cefee8acd3cc90f6e6e89e357caabe57

Files that help describe the problem
Version.txt
AppCompat.txt
memory.hdmp
minidump.mdmp


Hope someone could help me with this

Do you have ScrchPg.dll on your system? That might cause this type of
error.

I have been fighting with this problem for about a month.

In my case I haven't installed any of the programs that have been cited as causing this.

I tried re-registering the DLL as specified in some forums which didn't help.

Today I fixed it. By deleting all files (including hidden, system and folders) in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\DRM

I found this fix at The Windows Media Digital Rights Management system may not work if your computer hardware changes

Of course, the problem description on the MS page does not match OUR symptom, but at least in my case, a corrupted DRM was my issue.

I am having the same problem and here is the report log I receive kenole
Product
Windows Media Player
Problem
Stopped working
Date
5/14/2008 8:04 AM
Status
Report Sent
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: wmplayer.exe
Application Version: 11.0.6000.6344
Application Timestamp: 46e5f12e
Fault Module Name: Indiv01.key
Fault Module Version: 11.0.6000.7000
Fault Module Timestamp: 474e7686
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000ac798
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.6
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 03d0
Additional Information 2: 952dfbb893ab6a848c286909f4338578
Additional Information 3: 33be
Additional Information 4: c596d26e7cdc3453f39a52599496599c
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 760741224