Media player problems with vista

Yes, the problem clearly isn't Vista only — or WMP specific either. It's just that I've never had this problem before and assumed it was Vista specific.

Since I wrote this blog post I've used the same solution for other programs that wouldn't start and on different operating system. Ha, thank you! I just installed itunes on my 5 month old laptop and thought that it had messed up my wmp. When I had this problem, the library also froze and I could not make any additions or changes. So I tried this and unfortunately my wmplayer. However, I did notice this never happened before I downloaded Spotify. Could this have anything to do with it? The solution I have Googled this problem probably a dozen times with no resolution until today.

From then Windows Media Player will start up as normally. Comments comments. Learn more. Get the details here. Find help and how-to information for your version of Windows Media Player.

Learn about the features and how to fix problems. If Windows Media Player stopped working correctly after the latest updates from Windows Update, verify that the updates are the problem by using System Restore.

To do this:. Select the Start button, and then type system restore. Follow the prompts to select the restore point just before the round of updates that seemed to trigger the problem.

Then run the system restore process. This takes a while. After your system is restored to the earlier configuration, check to see whether Windows Media Player runs correctly again. And I definately didn't have this problem before. Is there anything I can do?

My ripped CD and playlist are no longer importing to library Or did you just reinstall over what's there? Thanks for your help. Any one experiencing sound problems with WMP 11, music takes too long to load, skippes every last 20 sec. It will enable you to open the file and will then check to see if your comp has the correct codec installed.

If this doesn't work download vlc media player its a universal media player that will play literally everything and anything is one hundred times better than windows media player. If you do decide to do it set it as your default media player you can do this in control pannel if you need any more help or if this doesnt work.

I could not view any video in wmp 11 but I had sound. I went into my registry and found that entries relating to wmp 11 was not accessible. It works for every video I opened Regedit windows registry editor click on windows start button, type in regedit in search box, open regedit. This error occurs because there is no owner specified and no permissions specified for that entry. What i did was the following: I clicked on all the entries, and if the error popup appears, i clicked ok on error message it is the only choice one have Then right clicked on same entry, then it will display menu, click on permissions.

A warning message pops up - cannot remember what it said. So you got errors? Did you went through all the entries and sub entries under mediaplayer? I had many entries with permission errors Do you have sound but no video when playing dvd's? Can you play the same files with another application like winamp or i-tunes without problems.

Did you try installing the k-lite codec pack? I have found in the past that by either re-installing my sound card drivers or updating them from my vendor my media player problems get corrected.

You can find them on the web and download the pack from their site. I have never encountered any trojans from this their site. It scans your computer and finds all the codec packs already installed if there are any and if they are corrupted. It gives you the option to uninstall them before you install a new pack. As a further note I have also come across a warning from my virus program that there is some sort of password protected file in the K- Lite series of codec packs that upon further scans shows up as a trojan.

I don't know if this is true or not but it has stopped my from installing this pack many times. The author does not have his own site as far as I know, the files are held on a codec repository site. The K-Lite series of codecs is one of the only ones to have that password protected file. One has to wonder why? As for some of the other problems here with not being able to play videos, I suspect some of it may have to do with the Usage Rights Management files.