Windows Media Player 11 & MP4

I can play a video file MP4 with WMP11 from an external hard drive and an SD card using ffdshow codecs, but it will not exactly play the same file copied to the internal hard drive of the PC.  When I try to read a file in the C: drive for example MP4, WMP11 stops and displays the message «the selected file has an extension (.)» that is not recognized by Windows Media Player."  So, any ideas why WMP11 recognizes and play a MP4 file on an external drive, but not on a hard drive internal?

Thanks but the problem is solved.  The command 'open' for .mp4 files in the registry must be changed from "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" '%1' to 'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"/Open"% ".  Simple really!  Then the files .mp4 plays well with the codecs installed "ffdshow".

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