Windows Media Player 11 suddenly does not work
I have Windows Media Player 11 on Vista Home Basic. It worked fine for two years. Today I tried to play a video from a couple of different flash drives and he gave me this: 'Windows Media Player has encountered a problem reading the file' there is no error code
I looked here for answers but can't seem to find a solution. Any help is appreciated. Thank you
Hello
· You get this error message for all files or only some files?
· You are able to read these files on another computer?
· What is the extension of the file you are trying to play?
Try to copy the files to your computer and then try to play and check what is happening.
You can follow the advice given in the link to solve problems with Windows Media Player.
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/843509
Hope this information is useful.
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