my windows media player is not picking up my drive, how this can be fixed?

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  If you could play before commercial video DVD...
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  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/downloads/Windows-Media-Player/plug-ins

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  http://www.filehippo.com/download_vlc/
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  * Proceed at your own risk *.

  (1) K-Lite Codec Pack (full)
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  (Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64)

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  http://download.CNET.com/Windows-7-Codec-Pack/3000-13632_4-10965840.html
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  http://www.mediaplayercodecpack.com/
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• Windows media player does not recognize my hard drive

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  Hello

  1 are there any changes or updates made on the computer?

  2. do you get an error message? If Yes, what is the full and exact error message?

  I suggest to see the links and check if it helps:

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  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/troubleshoot-problems-with-CDs-or-DVDs

• Windows media player does not work as no driver DVD

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  Usually the Windows media Player is not able to read DVD movies IF no plugins were installed.
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  You can again save wmp.dll, and then search for the question.

  a. Click Start, run and type:

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  b. press enter and restart the computer and check.

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• My Windows Media Player will not rip burn or play or read any CD.

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• Media Player Windows Media Player does not work. no error message. nothing at all

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  1 did you changes to the computer before the show?

  2. what version of Windows you use?

  3. what version of Windows media player you are using?

  4 when was the last time you were able to access the drive Windows media?

   
   
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• Vista Home Premium will not read/recognize/burn HD videos taken with my Canon camcorder HDD21/AVCHD (MTS format). Results in the message stating "Windows Media Player may not supported file type or the codec that the file compressed.

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• Microsoft windows media player does not retain the previous size. is irrtating so me gift of reorganize its size every time when I open it.plz help I want stable wmp version 11

  Microsoft windows media player does not retain the previous size. is irrtating so me gift of reorganize its size every time when I open it.plz help I want stable wmp version 11, version 12 is sucks.

  Hello, Simone

  I'll assume you're on Windows 7. Windows Media Player 12 is not supported on Windows Vista or XP and as such, you will need to go back to Windows Media Player 11.

  You can check the permissions in the registry to ensure that it is able to record information.

  Change the settings of the REGISTRY can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the REGISTRY settings configuration can be solved. Changes to these settings are at your own risk.

  Open the registry editor by clicking on start, type regedit.exe in the search box and press on enter, you may be prompted to continue.

  In the registry editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, Microsoft, MediaPlayer, then Preferences.

  It should be an element named LastLocation_26, right-click on it and select Rename, and rename it to old LastLocation_26.

  Leave the open registry editor and open Media Player, then move it to your favorite place and close Media Player.

  In the registry editor, press F5 on your keyboard and check if LastLocation_26 has been recreated.

  If this is not the case, there is probably a permissions problem.

  If so, the location must be registered.

  Let us know.

  David
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• Windows updates will not be installed. Windows media player will not play. Latest updates failed, error notice: 800703EE, 800b0100, 80070026. AVG says security "update server failed" help!

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  Trudy,
  Try the following and let us know the results.
  Run these tools:

  System File Checker

  The system update tool

  Take note of the results of the System File Checker.  Then after you run the two, run Windows Update.

  You are able to update of AVG?
  Any other antivirus (i.e. Norton, McAfee, etc.) has already been installed on this computer?
  When you say 'Nothing' that you tried to install?
  If you disable AVG and then run Windows Update you get a different outcome\error?

  Mike - Engineer Support Microsoft Answers
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• Windows Media Player does not recognize the iPod touch.

  Windows media player does not recognize my ipod touch to sync

  Open WMP in the taskbar from top, find "Tools", scroll down to options.

  in the new window, locate the Hardware tab, add hardware.