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204| Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:08:00 GMT| steve| Comments (4)
After 3 trouble-free months wmp cannot be opened in any way - not as default
player, right-click, as admin,etc... I have not installed sattelite tv or
anything similar. 1 week ago, it mysteriously began working- only to cease
working the following day. Any help would be welcomed.
Steve in So-Cal

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On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 18:58:01 -0700, steve
<steve...discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>After 3 trouble-free months wmp cannot be opened in any way - not as default
>player, right-click, as admin,etc... I have not installed sattelite tv or
>anything similar. 1 week ago, it mysteriously began working- only to cease
>working the following day. Any help would be welcomed.

Is it opening off-screen perhaps ? There would be an icon in the task
bar, and a running task in Task Manager's process list.

In that case, you could right-click the Player icon in the taskbar,
and choose 'Move' from the context menu. Using only the cursor keys,
move it back on screen.

HTH
Cheers - Neil
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

neilsmithmvpdigitalmedia | Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:09:00 GMT |

Hi Neil. Sorry to say, it's not running off screen nor is it a running task
in Task Managers process list. I failed to mention in previous post that WMP
does not recognize the E drive either.
Steve in So-Cal

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 18:58:01 -0700, steve
> <steve...discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> Is it opening off-screen perhaps ? There would be an icon in the task
> bar, and a running task in Task Manager's process list.
> In that case, you could right-click the Player icon in the taskbar,
> and choose 'Move' from the context menu. Using only the cursor keys,
> move it back on screen.
>
> HTH
> Cheers - Neil
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>

steve | Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:10:00 GMT |

On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 16:17:00 -0700, steve
<steve...discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi Neil. Sorry to say, it's not running off screen nor is it a running task
>in Task Managers process list. I failed to mention in previous post that WMP
>does not recognize the E drive either.

I can't think how you know the E-Drive is missing if you can't start
the program. Check it's not just a broken shortcut icon or anything :

If you go to C:\Program Files\windows media player

Try double clicking the wmplayer.exe program there. If nothing
happens, try the setup_wm.exe program instead and see if it fires up

HTH
Cheers - Neil
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

neilsmithmvpdigitalmedia | Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:11:00 GMT |

Hi Neil. I'm sorry I wasn't clear about the E-Drive. What I meant was when a
disk is inserted, wmp does not play it - it is set up to "always play"
default. I tried wmplayer.exe and setup_wm.exe as suggested but no go.
Steve in So-Cal

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 16:17:00 -0700, steve
> <steve...discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> I can't think how you know the E-Drive is missing if you can't start
> the program. Check it's not just a broken shortcut icon or anything :
> If you go to C:\Program Files\windows media player
> Try double clicking the wmplayer.exe program there. If nothing
> happens, try the setup_wm.exe program instead and see if it fires up
> HTH
> Cheers - Neil
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>

steve | Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:12:00 GMT |

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