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Windows Media Player - Interesting Problem
Hey guys,
Windows Media Player in my Windows 8.1 install is acting very weird. Every time I try to open it up, it goes through the wizard and when I click on Next on the last page, it just starts up again. I've reinstalled, removed and deleted any registry keys that have to do with WMP before reinstalling, removed registry keys as well as hidden files in my Users directory before reinstalling... all to no avail. It just refuses to enter the program and insists on going through the wizard without saving any settings. Is there any fix for this problem? SS |
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Windows Media Player - Interesting Problem
Silver Slimer wrote:
Hey guys, Windows Media Player in my Windows 8.1 install is acting very weird. Every time I try to open it up, it goes through the wizard and when I click on Next on the last page, it just starts up again. I've reinstalled, removed and deleted any registry keys that have to do with WMP before reinstalling, removed registry keys as well as hidden files in my Users directory before reinstalling... all to no avail. It just refuses to enter the program and insists on going through the wizard without saving any settings. Is there any fix for this problem? SS http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...d-f7d15bdb4a76 You can try "Turn Windows Features On and Off" from the "Programs and Features" control panel. Microsoft should have made the tool removable, to meet EU requirements. You would turn off WMP (to fake uninstalling it), then turn on WMP (to bring it back). You should be warned that re-installation hardly fixes stuff, due to the registry never getting corrected by procedures like that. But that control exists, if you want to play with it. Also, that article mentions "wmplayer.exe" and you could experiment with that directly. For example, start and run "cmd.exe" to start a command prompt window. Once the MSDOS-like window opens, try some of the suggestions here, for direct command invocation. http://www.mydigitallife.info/contro...ne-parameters/ wmplayer "c:\filename.wma" Substitute the file name of some multimedia file you think wmplayer will open. I don't see a command line option listed there, that actually resets anything. HTH, Paul |
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Windows Media Player - Interesting Problem
"Paul" wrote in message ...
You can try "Turn Windows Features On and Off" from the "Programs and Features" control panel. Microsoft should have made the tool removable, to meet EU requirements. The EU requirements were met by offering the 'N' versions of Windows. In the case of Windows 8x - excludes Media Player and other Windows media-related application/technologies(Music, Video, Skype). The N editions of Windows 8.1 allow you to choose your own media player and software required to manage and play CDs, DVDs, and other digital media files. N editions are capable of downloading MP12 (for free). -- -- ....winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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Windows Media Player - Interesting Problem
....winston wrote:
"Paul" wrote in message ... You can try "Turn Windows Features On and Off" from the "Programs and Features" control panel. Microsoft should have made the tool removable, to meet EU requirements. The EU requirements were met by offering the 'N' versions of Windows. In the case of Windows 8x - excludes Media Player and other Windows media-related application/technologies(Music, Video, Skype). The N editions of Windows 8.1 allow you to choose your own media player and software required to manage and play CDs, DVDs, and other digital media files. N editions are capable of downloading MP12 (for free). -- -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps My point was, that WMP should be modular, so that Microsoft can ship Win8.1N with little additional work. ******* This site is good for WMP trivia, especially if you have a problem which isn't common. http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html Paul |
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Windows Media Player - Interesting Problem
Paul wrote:
...winston wrote: "Paul" wrote in message ... You can try "Turn Windows Features On and Off" from the "Programs and Features" control panel. Microsoft should have made the tool removable, to meet EU requirements. The EU requirements were met by offering the 'N' versions of Windows. In the case of Windows 8x - excludes Media Player and other Windows media-related application/technologies(Music, Video, Skype). The N editions of Windows 8.1 allow you to choose your own media player and software required to manage and play CDs, DVDs, and other digital media files. N editions are capable of downloading MP12 (for free). -- -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps My point was, that WMP should be modular, so that Microsoft can ship Win8.1N with little additional work. ******* This site is good for WMP trivia, especially if you have a problem which isn't common. http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html Paul Not sure how modular they could make it than giving the user the choice to install one of their choosing or optinoally if desired Media Player. I.e. The MP agreement wasn't the same as IE (where a link to the other browsers was provided). Now if the EU had enough foresight to figure out what they wanted that might have been the case...but it wasn't. Thanks for the site. It might come in handy. -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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