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