Windows Media Player not working

Yesterday, My WMP burned a CD for me. Today I can not even pull it up. I have defragged, to no avail. What do I do?

If WMP doesn't open when you click on the icon or the WMP icon has changed
it is likely being caused by Malware on your system. There are more than a
few programs that will help you get rid of this. Below are some options for
you to try. If WMP opens at the same time you start your PC you also have a
problem with some nasty software on your PC. -
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#startup

PestPatrol
http://pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/w/winpup32.asp

CWShredder
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Housecall AntiVirus
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

After you get all of the malware removed then you will want to reinstall
Windows Media Player over itself. Depending on how WMP was installed on
your machine you may already have the installer. If you do it is located in
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Installer. The file name of the
installer is "mpsetupxp.exe"

If you don't see the folder then run C:\Program Files\Windows Media
Player\setup_wm.exe and that will re-download the installer and install it.

--
Chris Lanier
Microsoft MVP - Digital Media
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"phoenix46" <> wrote in message
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> Yesterday, My WMP burned a CD for me. Today I can not even pull it up. I
have defragged, to no avail. What do I do?

i cannot watch videos because my woindows media player is not working, what do i do?

"phoenix46" wrote:

> Yesterday, My WMP burned a CD for me. Today I can not even pull it up. I have defragged, to no avail. What do I do?

In order for anyone to try and help you with your problems you need to
provide adequate information so people know exactly what your issue is.
Start by taking a look at http://tinyurl.com/2o4h9. This should help you
provide the information needed for others to try and help you. Another
smart thing to do is search the newsgroups so you don't have to sit around
waiting for one of your peers to post a reply. Please goto
http://tinyurl.com/35rfv to search the newsgroups for possible answers.

--
Chris Lanier
Microsoft MVP - Digital Media
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"lennonrose" <> wrote in message
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> i cannot watch videos because my woindows media player is not working,
what do i do?
>
> "phoenix46" wrote:
>
> > Yesterday, My WMP burned a CD for me. Today I can not even pull it up. I
have defragged, to no avail. What do I do?

My WMP doesn't open when I click on the icon. So, I downloaded the anti-virus
software and get all of the malware removed. However, I couldn't run
C:\Program Files\Windows Media>Player\setup_wm.exe even though I clicked it
for a few times. Now, I don't know what to do.

"Chris Lanier [MVP]" wrote:

> If WMP doesn't open when you click on the icon or the WMP icon has changed
> it is likely being caused by Malware on your system. There are more than a
> few programs that will help you get rid of this. Below are some options for
> you to try. If WMP opens at the same time you start your PC you also have a
> problem with some nasty software on your PC. -
> http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#startup
>
> PestPatrol
> http://pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/w/winpup32.asp
>
> CWShredder
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
>
> Housecall AntiVirus
> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
>
> Ad-aware
> http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
>
> After you get all of the malware removed then you will want to reinstall
> Windows Media Player over itself. Depending on how WMP was installed on
> your machine you may already have the installer. If you do it is located in
> C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Installer. The file name of the
> installer is "mpsetupxp.exe"
>
> If you don't see the folder then run C:\Program Files\Windows Media
> Player\setup_wm.exe and that will re-download the installer and install it.
>
> --
> Chris Lanier
> Microsoft MVP - Digital Media
> ---
> "phoenix46" <> wrote in message
> news:AF1D4F3B-9757-401E-821A-...
> > Yesterday, My WMP burned a CD for me. Today I can not even pull it up. I
> have defragged, to no avail. What do I do?
>
>
>

What version of Windows and WMP?

Find Command Prompt in the Start Menu, click it (on Vista: right-click
and select Run As Administrator), and type the following:

sfc /scannow

Press Enter and let it run until it completes. Does that fix WMP or
allow you to run setup_wm.exe?

Regards

--
Tim De Baets
http://www.bm-productions.tk

yann7 wrote:
> My WMP doesn't open when I click on the icon. So, I downloaded the anti-virus
> software and get all of the malware removed. However, I couldn't run
> C:\Program Files\Windows Media>Player\setup_wm.exe even though I clicked it
> for a few times. Now, I don't know what to do.
>
> "Chris Lanier [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> If WMP doesn't open when you click on the icon or the WMP icon has changed
>> it is likely being caused by Malware on your system. There are more than a
>> few programs that will help you get rid of this. Below are some options for
>> you to try. If WMP opens at the same time you start your PC you also have a
>> problem with some nasty software on your PC. -
>> http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#startup
>>
>> PestPatrol
>> http://pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/w/winpup32.asp
>>
>> CWShredder
>> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
>>
>> Housecall AntiVirus
>> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
>>
>> Ad-aware
>> http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
>>
>> After you get all of the malware removed then you will want to reinstall
>> Windows Media Player over itself. Depending on how WMP was installed on
>> your machine you may already have the installer. If you do it is located in
>> C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Installer. The file name of the
>> installer is "mpsetupxp.exe"
>>
>> If you don't see the folder then run C:\Program Files\Windows Media
>> Player\setup_wm.exe and that will re-download the installer and install it.
>>
>> --
>> Chris Lanier
>> Microsoft MVP - Digital Media
>> ---
>> "phoenix46" <> wrote in message
>> news:AF1D4F3B-9757-401E-821A-...
>>> Yesterday, My WMP burned a CD for me. Today I can not even pull it up. I
>> have defragged, to no avail. What do I do?
>>
>>
>>

Directly running setup_wm.exe isn't generally required/needed. You'd want
to run wmplayer.exe instead. =\

--
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.
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"yann7" <> wrote in message
news:E33DAD03-AD4E-4920-9AB6-...
> My WMP doesn't open when I click on the icon. So, I downloaded the
> anti-virus
> software and get all of the malware removed. However, I couldn't run
> C:\Program Files\Windows Media>Player\setup_wm.exe even though I clicked
> it
> for a few times. Now, I don't know what to do.
>
> "Chris Lanier [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> If WMP doesn't open when you click on the icon or the WMP icon has
>> changed
>> it is likely being caused by Malware on your system. There are more than
>> a
>> few programs that will help you get rid of this. Below are some options
>> for
>> you to try. If WMP opens at the same time you start your PC you also
>> have a
>> problem with some nasty software on your PC. -
>> http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#startup
>>
>> PestPatrol
>> http://pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/w/winpup32.asp
>>
>> CWShredder
>> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
>>
>> Housecall AntiVirus
>> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
>>
>> Ad-aware
>> http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
>>
>> After you get all of the malware removed then you will want to reinstall
>> Windows Media Player over itself. Depending on how WMP was installed on
>> your machine you may already have the installer. If you do it is located
>> in
>> C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Installer. The file name of the
>> installer is "mpsetupxp.exe"
>>
>> If you don't see the folder then run C:\Program Files\Windows Media
>> Player\setup_wm.exe and that will re-download the installer and install
>> it.
>>
>> --
>> Chris Lanier
>> Microsoft MVP - Digital Media
>> ---
>> "phoenix46" <> wrote in message
>> news:AF1D4F3B-9757-401E-821A-...
>> > Yesterday, My WMP burned a CD for me. Today I can not even pull it up.
>> > I
>> have defragged, to no avail. What do I do?
>>
>>
>>