Error: Windows Media Player has encountered an error when it tried to play music

Original title: Windows media player

my pc crashed and I lost all my data. A colleague fixed it for me, but the copy of windows is not validated. However it works reasonably well, except that windows media player does play not any pop music box says that it has encountered a problem. How can I fix this and get my Media Player?

Hi billybluegum,

1. it occurs when you play a particular file type or all types of files?

As Windows is not validated, it may be that some features do not work correctly.

Step 1: Try the steps mentioned in this article and check the result:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279242

Step 2: We recommend that you scan sfc (System File Checker) to see if any system file is missing or damaged. To do this, try the following steps:
a. visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833
b. run the scan successfully.
c. restart the computer so that the changes take effect and check the result.

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