Grrr Media Player Grrr - Page 2

Sailor Steve · 12-31-10, 09:15 AM

Great.

Just great.

This morning I booted everything up, only to find that now Media Player won't run at all. The desktop icon, the main icon in the folder, the icon at the Start Menu - none of them get any response. I even tried putting in a disc, and when it asked if I wanted to play it using WMP I clicked "Yes", and it just went away. A couple of times it locked up, and Windows Task Manager said it was (Not Responding), but that's as close as it got to even acknowledging its existence.

Sailor Steve · 12-31-10, 10:22 AM

Problem solved. It took a complete uninstall/reinstall, but it worked.

Sailor Steve · 01-02-11, 09:48 AM

Aaaand, I spoke to soon. The next day it wouldn't work again, and another reinstall fixed it again. Today it doesn't work, and nothing seems to help.

Capt. Morgan · 01-02-11, 12:30 PM

Have you considered WinAmp. IIRC it has enough features to make it a Mediaplayer replacement.

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I only put years in for dates, so I'm not quite so obsessive, lol....

Not so much of a Jazz fan, I'm guessing.

Sailor Steve · 01-02-11, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Capt. Morgan

Have you considered WinAmp. IIRC it has enough features to make it a Mediaplayer replacement.

So do some of the others I've tried. They all play just about anything, and they all work perfectly well, but WMP 11 has an organization method that, while I may just be used to it, is to me unmatched by any I've seen so far. I really like the way everything I put in shows up with thumbnails and lets me change them quickly and easily.

I mentioned that all my albums are organized by date? WinAmp makes doesn't show the dates, so my albums are all in alphabetical order again. I'll keep fiddling with it, though.

FIREWALL · 01-02-11, 10:08 PM

Steve

Sailor Steve · 01-12-11, 11:50 AM

Well, I've been living with unistallin and reinstalling WMP every day for a couple of weeks not, and it may finally be solved. I got some help a the Microsoft forums, and after registry cleans and a bunch of other experiments, it seems a System Restore did the trick. I've rebooted the computer three times today just to test, and it has shown up every time; so far at least.

Holding my breath, but it seems to be okay now.

12-31-10, 09:15 AM	#16
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Great. Just great. This morning I booted everything up, only to find that now Media Player won't run at all. The desktop icon, the main icon in the folder, the icon at the Start Menu - none of them get any response. I even tried putting in a disc, and when it asked if I wanted to play it using WMP I clicked "Yes", and it just went away. A couple of times it locked up, and Windows Task Manager said it was (Not Responding), but that's as close as it got to even acknowledging its existence. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-31-10, 10:22 AM	#17
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Problem solved. It took a complete uninstall/reinstall, but it worked. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-02-11, 09:48 AM	#18
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Aaaand, I spoke to soon. The next day it wouldn't work again, and another reinstall fixed it again. Today it doesn't work, and nothing seems to help. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-02-11, 10:08 PM	#21
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Steve __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

01-12-11, 11:50 AM	#22
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Well, I've been living with unistallin and reinstalling WMP every day for a couple of weeks not, and it may finally be solved. I got some help a the Microsoft forums, and after registry cleans and a bunch of other experiments, it seems a System Restore did the trick. I've rebooted the computer three times today just to test, and it has shown up every time; so far at least. Holding my breath, but it seems to be okay now. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo