Windows Media Player won't start henrikwl 6/20/2007 5:15:00 PM Greetings! I have a problem with my Media Player 11 on Vista Ultimate. Whenever it is started, it simply exits - no window ever popping up, no event logged, nothing. This happes regardless of whether I run it as Admin, as a user, whether I start it via shortcut or double-click a .wm* file. I tried the fix in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925704 but it didn't help. Has anybody got any idea what's wrong?

RE: Windows Media Player won't start peter c.a.hawkins 6/21/2007 5:08:01 PM I had this same thing,i found it was to do with plug-ins in wmp11. i disabled the windows live plug in and the msn media bar plug in and now all works ok. "henrikwl" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Greetings! > > I have a problem with my Media Player 11 on Vista Ultimate. Whenever it is > started, it simply exits - no window ever popping up, no event logged, > nothing. This happes regardless of whether I run it as Admin, as a user, > whether I start it via shortcut or double-click a .wm* file. > > I tried the fix in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925704 but it didn't > help. Has anybody got any idea what's wrong?

RE: Windows Media Player won't start henrikwl 6/21/2007 6:11:02 PM Good idea. I checked, but the Live Messenger plugin wasn't active, and I don't have neither the Live toolbar nor the MSN media bar. I even tried uninstalling all codec packs, to no avail. Isn't there a "repair installation" function for the Media Player? Short of reinstalling Windows - which I don't fancy doing - I don't see any other options. "peter c.a.hawkins" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I had this same thing,i found it was to do with plug-ins in wmp11. > i disabled the windows live plug in and the msn media bar plug in and now > all works ok. > > "henrikwl" wrote: > > > Greetings! > > > > I have a problem with my Media Player 11 on Vista Ultimate. Whenever it is > > started, it simply exits - no window ever popping up, no event logged, > > nothing. This happes regardless of whether I run it as Admin, as a user, > > whether I start it via shortcut or double-click a .wm* file. > > > > I tried the fix in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925704 but it didn't > > help. Has anybody got any idea what's wrong?

RE: Windows Media Player won't start peter c.a.hawkins 6/21/2007 6:49:01 PM does your media centre play music ok? mine would freeze when trying to play music before i fixed it with the plug ins trouble. you may want to try removing all recent windows updates,then try your wmp11, adding each update back 1 by 1. "henrikwl" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Good idea. I checked, but the Live Messenger plugin wasn't active, and I > don't have neither the Live toolbar nor the MSN media bar. > > I even tried uninstalling all codec packs, to no avail. > > Isn't there a "repair installation" function for the Media Player? Short of > reinstalling Windows - which I don't fancy doing - I don't see any other > options. > > "peter c.a.hawkins" wrote: > > > I had this same thing,i found it was to do with plug-ins in wmp11. > > i disabled the windows live plug in and the msn media bar plug in and now > > all works ok. > > > > "henrikwl" wrote: > > > > > Greetings! > > > > > > I have a problem with my Media Player 11 on Vista Ultimate. Whenever it is > > > started, it simply exits - no window ever popping up, no event logged, > > > nothing. This happes regardless of whether I run it as Admin, as a user, > > > whether I start it via shortcut or double-click a .wm* file. > > > > > > I tried the fix in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925704 but it didn't > > > help. Has anybody got any idea what's wrong?

RE: Windows Media Player won't start henrikwl 6/21/2007 6:56:00 PM Actually, my Media Centre crashes fairly consistently after about 20 seconds. I found out just now. Somethings definitely off with my Windows installation. :-S I'll try rolling back a few updates, see if that helps. Maybe even do a System Restore. "peter c.a.hawkins" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > does your media centre play music ok? > mine would freeze when trying to play music before i fixed it with the plug > ins trouble. > you may want to try removing all recent windows updates,then try your wmp11, > adding each update back 1 by 1. > "henrikwl" wrote: > > > Good idea. I checked, but the Live Messenger plugin wasn't active, and I > > don't have neither the Live toolbar nor the MSN media bar. > > > > I even tried uninstalling all codec packs, to no avail. > > > > Isn't there a "repair installation" function for the Media Player? Short of > > reinstalling Windows - which I don't fancy doing - I don't see any other > > options. > > > > "peter c.a.hawkins" wrote: > > > > > I had this same thing,i found it was to do with plug-ins in wmp11. > > > i disabled the windows live plug in and the msn media bar plug in and now > > > all works ok. > > > > > > "henrikwl" wrote: > > > > > > > Greetings! > > > > > > > > I have a problem with my Media Player 11 on Vista Ultimate. Whenever it is > > > > started, it simply exits - no window ever popping up, no event logged, > > > > nothing. This happes regardless of whether I run it as Admin, as a user, > > > > whether I start it via shortcut or double-click a .wm* file. > > > > > > > > I tried the fix in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925704 but it didn't > > > > help. Has anybody got any idea what's wrong?

RE: Windows Media Player won't start peter c.a.hawkins 6/21/2007 7:02:00 PM you have the exact same symptons as i had. keep me updated as to how you are getting on. "henrikwl" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Actually, my Media Centre crashes fairly consistently after about 20 seconds. > I found out just now. > > Somethings definitely off with my Windows installation. :-S I'll try rolling > back a few updates, see if that helps. Maybe even do a System Restore. > > "peter c.a.hawkins" wrote: > > > > > does your media centre play music ok? > > mine would freeze when trying to play music before i fixed it with the plug > > ins trouble. > > you may want to try removing all recent windows updates,then try your wmp11, > > adding each update back 1 by 1. > > "henrikwl" wrote: > > > > > Good idea. I checked, but the Live Messenger plugin wasn't active, and I > > > don't have neither the Live toolbar nor the MSN media bar. > > > > > > I even tried uninstalling all codec packs, to no avail. > > > > > > Isn't there a "repair installation" function for the Media Player? Short of > > > reinstalling Windows - which I don't fancy doing - I don't see any other > > > options. > > > > > > "peter c.a.hawkins" wrote: > > > > > > > I had this same thing,i found it was to do with plug-ins in wmp11. > > > > i disabled the windows live plug in and the msn media bar plug in and now > > > > all works ok. > > > > > > > > "henrikwl" wrote: > > > > > > > > > Greetings! > > > > > > > > > > I have a problem with my Media Player 11 on Vista Ultimate. Whenever it is > > > > > started, it simply exits - no window ever popping up, no event logged, > > > > > nothing. This happes regardless of whether I run it as Admin, as a user, > > > > > whether I start it via shortcut or double-click a .wm* file. > > > > > > > > > > I tried the fix in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925704 but it didn't > > > > > help. Has anybody got any idea what's wrong?

RE: Windows Media Player won't start henrikwl 6/21/2007 9:27:02 PM Ok... The good news is it works now. The weird(?) news is I have no idea how. :-S I decided to try a System Restore. The system rebooted and went into the "Please wait - restoring system" screen and stayed there for about 3 hours, at which point I considered the cause lost - hard rebooting and preparing to do some serious damage control. But verily did the system boot up beautifully, and Windows Media Player works too. A quick review of the system would seem to indicate that the System Restore never took place - the only thing to indicate that it did in fact take place is the "Undo system restore" option available in the System Restore tool. Obviously I did something right - I just haven't the slighest clue what. "peter c.a.hawkins" wrote: [Quoted Text] > you have the exact same symptons as i had. > keep me updated as to how you are getting on. > > "henrikwl" wrote: > > > Actually, my Media Centre crashes fairly consistently after about 20 seconds. > > I found out just now. > > > > Somethings definitely off with my Windows installation. :-S I'll try rolling > > back a few updates, see if that helps. Maybe even do a System Restore. > > > > "peter c.a.hawkins" wrote: > > > > > > > > does your media centre play music ok? > > > mine would freeze when trying to play music before i fixed it with the plug > > > ins trouble. > > > you may want to try removing all recent windows updates,then try your wmp11, > > > adding each update back 1 by 1. > > > "henrikwl" wrote: > > > > > > > Good idea. I checked, but the Live Messenger plugin wasn't active, and I > > > > don't have neither the Live toolbar nor the MSN media bar. > > > > > > > > I even tried uninstalling all codec packs, to no avail. > > > > > > > > Isn't there a "repair installation" function for the Media Player? Short of > > > > reinstalling Windows - which I don't fancy doing - I don't see any other > > > > options. > > > > > > > > "peter c.a.hawkins" wrote: > > > > > > > > > I had this same thing,i found it was to do with plug-ins in wmp11. > > > > > i disabled the windows live plug in and the msn media bar plug in and now > > > > > all works ok. > > > > > > > > > > "henrikwl" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Greetings! > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a problem with my Media Player 11 on Vista Ultimate. Whenever it is > > > > > > started, it simply exits - no window ever popping up, no event logged, > > > > > > nothing. This happes regardless of whether I run it as Admin, as a user, > > > > > > whether I start it via shortcut or double-click a .wm* file. > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried the fix in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925704 but it didn't > > > > > > help. Has anybody got any idea what's wrong?