A video shows the 'windows media player 2 has stopped working ". How can I fix it?

When I click on the icon to play a video, "windows media player 2 has stopped working" is the only thing that appears. How can I fix it?
I have to go into the program to find the video. I didn't know that there was a Media Player 2. Would it not be better to download another drive to use? If so which do you recommend?

Hi Dave,.

1. What is the format of the video you are trying to play?

2 are you facing this problem only with a particular video file?

3. have you made changes to your computer recently?

I suggest to follow the link and run Microsoft fix - it and check if that helps.

Playing video files crashes or blocking Internet Explorer - Windows

I hope this helps.

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