WMP 11 no longer plays .wma file under Vista Ultimate

Media Player 11 under Vista Ultimate has stopped playing .wma files. The
error is "Windows Media Player is not installed properly. Please repair".
However all other files type do play without error.
Is there any way to fix this without reinstalling Vista?

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Seymour

Navigate to Control Panel Default Programs Set your default
programs and click to reset Windows Media Player to open its default
program types.
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Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007


"Seymour Newman" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Media Player 11 under Vista Ultimate has stopped playing .wma files. The
> error is "Windows Media Player is not installed properly. Please repair".
> However all other files type do play without error.
> Is there any way to fix this without reinstalling Vista?
>
> --
>
> Seymour

Tom:

WMP is already the default player of .wma file type. If I double-click the
..wma file or start WMP first, the same error occurs.
WMP starts, opens, and then displays the message that WMP is not installed
properly in a small error box in the center of the screen.

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Seymour

"Tom Ferguson" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Navigate to Control Panel Default Programs Set your
> default programs and click to reset Windows Media Player to open
> its default program types.
> --
>
> Tom
> MSMVP 1998-2007
>
>
> "Seymour Newman" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Media Player 11 under Vista Ultimate has stopped playing .wma files. The
>> error is "Windows Media Player is not installed properly. Please repair".
>> However all other files type do play without error.
>> Is there any way to fix this without reinstalling Vista?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Seymour
>

That's actually a very specific message that indicates that the file system
has likely been corrupted.

Run "cmd.exe" as administrator and in that DOS prompt run:
sfc /scannow
- that should likely help repair things.

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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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"Seymour Newman" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Media Player 11 under Vista Ultimate has stopped playing .wma files. The
> error is "Windows Media Player is not installed properly. Please repair".
> However all other files type do play without error.
> Is there any way to fix this without reinstalling Vista?
>
> --
>
> Seymour

It has started to work again. No reboots, no repair.
The only thing I did was try to attempt to play a .wma file obtained from
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992/en-us and it worked. Then all my
previously downloaded .wma files worked.

I will speculate that it might be related to DRM.

Since this is the second time that this has happened in the last few months
( I did not have any .wma files with DRM before), I will try this routine
again if the problem develops again.

I will report back if this 'solution' solves it the next time.

Thanks for the suggestions.

--

Seymour

"zachd [MSFT]" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> That's actually a very specific message that indicates that the file
> system has likely been corrupted.
>
> Run "cmd.exe" as administrator and in that DOS prompt run:
> sfc /scannow
> - that should likely help repair things.
>
> --
> 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.
> --
> "Seymour Newman" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Media Player 11 under Vista Ultimate has stopped playing .wma files. The
>> error is "Windows Media Player is not installed properly. Please repair".
>> However all other files type do play without error.
>> Is there any way to fix this without reinstalling Vista?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Seymour
>

OK - if this happens again, that specific message *always* means that the
file system has been checked as being corrupt. That specific message
*never* means anything else other than the WMP files appear to not be the
WMP files.

Great job on getting yourself up and running again. =)

--
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.
--
"Seymour Newman" <> wrote in message
news:...
> It has started to work again. No reboots, no repair.
> The only thing I did was try to attempt to play a .wma file obtained from
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992/en-us and it worked. Then all my
> previously downloaded .wma files worked.
>
> I will speculate that it might be related to DRM.
>
> Since this is the second time that this has happened in the last few
> months ( I did not have any .wma files with DRM before), I will try this
> routine again if the problem develops again.
>
> I will report back if this 'solution' solves it the next time.
>
> Thanks for the suggestions.
>
> --
>
> Seymour
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> That's actually a very specific message that indicates that the file
>> system has likely been corrupted.
>>
>> Run "cmd.exe" as administrator and in that DOS prompt run:
>> sfc /scannow
>> - that should likely help repair things.
>>
>> --
>> 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.
>> --
>> "Seymour Newman" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Media Player 11 under Vista Ultimate has stopped playing .wma files. The
>>> error is "Windows Media Player is not installed properly. Please
>>> repair". However all other files type do play without error.
>>> Is there any way to fix this without reinstalling Vista?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Seymour
>>

I just installed the new update (just offered) KB959772 which relates to
DRM. At the time of writing, the KB article was not available as yet.

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Seymour

"zachd [MSFT]" <> wrote in message
news:#...
>
> OK - if this happens again, that specific message *always* means that the
> file system has been checked as being corrupt. That specific message
> *never* means anything else other than the WMP files appear to not be the
> WMP files.
>
> Great job on getting yourself up and running again. =)
>
> --
> 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.
> --
> "Seymour Newman" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> It has started to work again. No reboots, no repair.
>> The only thing I did was try to attempt to play a .wma file obtained from
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992/en-us and it worked. Then all my
>> previously downloaded .wma files worked.
>>
>> I will speculate that it might be related to DRM.
>>
>> Since this is the second time that this has happened in the last few
>> months ( I did not have any .wma files with DRM before), I will try this
>> routine again if the problem develops again.
>>
>> I will report back if this 'solution' solves it the next time.
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestions.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Seymour
>>
>> "zachd [MSFT]" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>
>>> That's actually a very specific message that indicates that the file
>>> system has likely been corrupted.
>>>
>>> Run "cmd.exe" as administrator and in that DOS prompt run:
>>> sfc /scannow
>>> - that should likely help repair things.
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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.
>>> --
>>> "Seymour Newman" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Media Player 11 under Vista Ultimate has stopped playing .wma files.
>>>> The error is "Windows Media Player is not installed properly. Please
>>>> repair". However all other files type do play without error.
>>>> Is there any way to fix this without reinstalling Vista?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Seymour
>>>
>
>