Media Player 11 - doesn't open window when running movie file Adrian E 4/25/2007 8:56:02 AM Hi Got an annoying problem with Media Player 11 on Home Premium edition. If I open a movie file from its folder location (double click) I get sound but no window opens up. If I then go to the start menu and open Media Player I then get video playback as well. If I already have Media Player running on the screen when I open the file it's not an issue.... If I shut Media Player it also doesn't stop playing the movie - it just disappears so I have to go back to the start menu and open it again to shut down playback before closing the window. Any ideas what could be causing this? Adrian

Re: Media Player 11 - doesn't open window when running movie file "zachd [MSFT]" <zachd[ at ]nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> 4/28/2007 8:46:23 AM What video card do you have? Is a driver update available.... ? -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "Adrian E" <Adrian E[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F03CF843-3E70-48D8-BEF7-8A720C2BC552[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi > > Got an annoying problem with Media Player 11 on Home Premium edition. If > I > open a movie file from its folder location (double click) I get sound but > no > window opens up. > > If I then go to the start menu and open Media Player I then get video > playback as well. > > If I already have Media Player running on the screen when I open the file > it's not an issue.... > > If I shut Media Player it also doesn't stop playing the movie - it just > disappears so I have to go back to the start menu and open it again to > shut > down playback before closing the window. > > Any ideas what could be causing this? > > Adrian

Re: Media Player 11 - doesn't open window when running movie file Rae2 <Rae2.3j1fcf[ at ]no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> 11/17/2008 8:48:21 PM Adrian E;172345 Wrote: > Hi > > Got an annoying problem with Media Player 11 on Home Premium edition. > If I > open a movie file from its folder location (double click) I get sound > but no > window opens up. > > If I then go to the start menu and open Media Player I then get video > playback as well. > > If I already have Media Player running on the screen when I open the > file > it's not an issue.... > > If I shut Media Player it also doesn't stop playing the movie - it just > disappears so I have to go back to the start menu and open it again to > shut > down playback before closing the window. > > Any ideas what could be causing this? > > Adrian This will happen when the media player toolbar is enabled. You should right-click the bottom of your screen, and disable it on the toolbars list. -- Rae2 Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com