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  When I go to play the videos I get an error message that windows meda player no longer works. I went in my programs and control panel and there seems to be no program for medai player. Can I download a new version and where?

  Thank you

  Hi redese,

  (1) what is you receive the exact error message?

  (2) remember to make changes to the computer before this problem?

  Step 1: Launch Windows Media Player

  Click the Start button > type in Windows Media Player in the search box and press enter

  I would like to know if you can start the player and play audio files

  Step 2: You can run the fixit available in the link below and check if this solves the problem.

  When I try to use Windows Media Player 11, the program does not start, or some UI elements are blank

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/925704/en-us

  Thank you, and in what concerns:

  Ajay K

  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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• Windows Media Player is missing

  Original title: Windows Media Player

  Just recently (a few days ago) my Windows Media Player disappeared.  SEARCH does not find it... I don't remember any real change (deletion or install things) that could have changed it so what do I do now?

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• Where is my Windows Media Player icon?

  I have tried to import my songs from my other computers for the background music for family videos edited. All of a sudden my icon for Windows Media Player is missing. I had an icon for it on my desktop. I went to "set your default programs" and that is, but I can't get an icon here to put it on the desk. When I type "Windows Media Player" in the search box, it says that there is no match. Windows Media Player does not appear under "All programs" or above this area. Where is it and how do I get it back? I have a separate drive of M:\ I want that all my music files to be stored on. But I find that there are a few music files on my drive C:\ It's a SSD and I don't want that he filled with music files, so how can I move these music files located on the C:\ drive on my drive M:\? All my music files on the m:\ can also be linked to the music library? How can I link these music files in the music library, but still they are stored on my M:\ drive. Can you give me simple instructions how to do this? How can I search my computer all music files and files sound effect and bring all stored on my drive M:\? Can you give me simple instructions how do? Thank you. I want to also all my songs in one place and I would like the ordered columns in left to right like: song title, the artist of the song, then, how much min. long is the song and how many MB. is there, then the type mp3, etc and finally the file path. I had some arranged like this, but not all my songs aren't in the same place. I would like them all under a single list and be able to see down how songs and how many hours of total music I have, do I have? Thank you.

  Press Windows key + R

  type wmplayer.exe

  Press enter

  Opens in Media Player? If this is not the case, try the following:

  Press Windows key + R

  type optionalfeatures.exe

  Press enter

  Extend the functionality of media

  Uncheck Windows Media Player

  Click OK

  Restart when prompted

  Press Windows key + R

  type optionalfeatures.exe

  Press enter

  Extend the functionality of media

  Check Windows Media Player

  Click OK

  Restart when prompted

• Music in double Windows Media Player

  my media player continues to get duplicate songs. I will delet them, and when I turn it back on media playe r my music is duplicatd and then some all over again. How can I stopt it?

  Hey Cami,

  Welcome to Microsoft Community where you can find the answers related to Windows.

  According to the description, it looks like Windows Media Player creates the duplicate on the music library files.

  This problem occurs if the Windows Music Player library is corrupted.

  I suggest you try the following methods that will help us solve this problem.

  Method 1:

  I suggest you to run the troubleshooter in the Windows Media Player library.

  See the following Microsoft article.

  Open the troubleshooter in the Windows Media Player library:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/open-the-Windows-Media-Player-library-Troubleshooter

  Method 2:

  If you have only a small number of duplicate entries exist.

  See the following article to remove duplicate entries from Microsoft's Windows Media Player.

  
  Remove items from the Windows Media Player library:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/remove-items-from-the-Windows-Media-Player-library

  If you have a large number of entries in doubles in your library (or if your library is duplicated), to clear the Windows Media Player database and search for the issue.

  Try to clear the database of Windows Media Player. To do this, follow these steps:

  a. Click Start, click Run, type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player and then click OK.
  b. Select all files in the folder and then click on Delete on the file menu.
  Note: You don't have to remove the folders that are in this folder.
  c. restart Windows Media Player.
  Note Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.
  If this does not resolve the problem, disable the Windows Media Player database cache files. To do this, follow these steps:
  a. exit Windows Media Player.
  b. If you run Windows 7, click Start, click Run, type % LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft and then click OK.
  c. Select the Media Player folder, and then click on Delete on the file menu.
  d. restart Windows Media Player.
  Note: Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.

  Keep us informed on the status of the issue.

  With the help of Windows-related issues feel free to post on the Forums of community of Microsoft and we will be happy to help you.

• Windows media player cannot connect to the internet

  He will not play some native titles to a hard drive, as it wants to update the licenses, but he proposes to update by downloading the components but then said it was impossible to connect to the internet.   My computer is internet and everything works fine, except that Silverlight will not play my Netflix if I connect my Bluetooth headset until I open it.  What can I do? I can't find the windows media player settings.  I want HP with windows 8. Core i7.

  Hi Daniel,.

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  • The problem is specific to some of the tracks, or all?

  If you're having trouble playing a song or video, it may be because the file is protected by the management of digital rights (DRM). DRM is a technology that content providers sometimes use to ensure that the digital music and you get them video files are used and distributed according to their usage rights.

  Consider possible situations:

  a. When you try to play a file that is protected in the player, the Player checks if you have rights to use valid media on your PC. If you do, the player plays the file.

  If the player does not find valid media on your PC usage rights, or if rights to limit what you can do with the file, the player can not read the file. In this case, you will see an error message tells you why the file could not be read.

  b. it is protected by rights?

  (i) slide in the right edge of the screen and then click Search (if you use a mouse, point to the corner bottom right of the screen, move the mouse to the top and then click Find.).

  (ii) sign up Windows Media Player in the search box, and then tap or click Windows Media Player.

  (iii) pass on any or right click on a media file, press or click Properties and then press or click the rights of use. If the file is protected by rights, the license terms appear in the media used rights box, and you will see what usage rights you have. If nothing appears in the media used rights box, it might be because the file is not protected, the usage rights are not on your PC or that you are playing a file that is being listened to on your PC (for example, you play content subscription directly from an online store website).

  If the problem persists, I suggest you run the troubleshooter in Windows Media Player and check.

  a. press the Windows key + X , and then select Panel.
  (b) in the search box, type Troubleshooting , and then click on troubleshooting.
  c. click on show all and then click on settings of the Player Windows Media.

  Hope this information is useful. Please feel free to answer in the case where you are facing in the future other problems with Windows.

• unresponsve Microsoft windows media player file search when adding songs from iTunes to WMP

  original title: unresponsve windows media player folder search

  WMP fails to add songs to my music and iTunes files.  Searches are displayed as "refractory".  Why not?

  Hello

  1. what version of Windows is installed on your computer?
  2. What is the version of your Windows media player?
  3. you receive an error code or error message?

  Please follow the links and steps:

  Method 1:

  Open the troubleshooter in the Windows Media Player settings:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/is-is/Windows7/open-the-Windows-Media-Player-settings-Troubleshooter

  Method 2:

  If this is not enough, you can try to disable the Windows media player and reactivate it, here are the steps:

  1. click the Start button, select Control Panel, click programsand then click Windows turn on or off features. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

  2. click on media features, uncheck Windows media Playerand click OK.

  3. restart the computer, follow the same procedure and control Windows media Player.

  For more information, connect to:

  Enable or disable Windows features:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/turn-Windows-features-on-or-off

  I hope this helps.

• Is it possible to save views with search criteria in Windows Media Player?

  I have a number of research that I commonly perform in Windows Media Player. Is there a way to save these as a United library view?

  Example: In the library - notice of songs, I applied the search criteria sub-genre: "Ken Burns Jazz" (I used the subgenre field to store the names of the series like that). The results show all my Ken Burns Jazz CDs. Is there a way to save this search so I don't have to re - enter criteria whenever I want to see my collection of Ken Burns Jazz?

  (The above is actually a relatively easy search. "" A more complex example would be something like this: kind: "classic" NOT like: 'Classical Kids' NOT like: '' Classical Crossover '' is NOT kind: "" classical music: Soundtrack "." It's the kind of search really, I don't want to have to re - enter every time I want to use.)

  Hi WilliamWood,

  There is no option to save the search in Windows Media Player. However, you can try to create playlist that would serve your purpose.

  Search for the song of your choice and add this song to the playlist. Here is a link that might help you create or add songs to the playlist: create or change a regular playlist in Windows Media Player: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Create-or-change-a-regular-playlist-in-Windows-Media-Player

  With regard to:

  Samhrutha G S - Microsoft technical support.

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• Windows Media Player takes a long time to open and search

  Slow initialization of WMP 12, research and classification.

  IM under W7 Ultimate 64.
  When I start WMP12 it takes much more time to initialize that WMP11 on vista, 2 minutes before I can even start by selecting music.
  If I do a search it also picks up a similar amount of time and locks (graying out, slider timer). Once I have a bunch of songs loaded on the screen, say a playlist with 200 songs and then click a tab as a note it takes 30 seconds to REList per category during this time it hangs again.
  I have about 40,000 songs in my library. I have rebuilt the library and the database now resides on a second disc which did not make a difference.
       
  (1) what someone else with similar problems and found a solution?
  (2) is it possible to replace it with WMP11 which worked perfectly and was much more intuitive?
  (3) can anyone recommend a replacement player who has gapless playback and fast database access?

  Cheer - Robb

  Hi terrahertz,

  Thanks for visiting the site of the community of Microsoft Windows 7.

  There could be several reasons why Windows Media Player is the initialization slowly.
  Maybe you run several programs simultaneously.

  We will perform a clean boot to find if any software is causing incompatibility.

  Method 1: Clean clean boot:
  1. click on start, type msconfig in the search box and press ENTER.
  The user account control permission.
  If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type
  password, or click on continue.
  2. in the general tab, click Selective startup.
  3. under Selective startup, clear the check box load starting points.
  4. click on the Services tab, select the hide all Microsoft Services check box, and then click Disable all.
  5. click on OK.
  6. When you are prompted, click on restart.
  7. after the computer starts, check if the problem is resolved.
   
  If the problem is resolved to check what is the cause of the problem, referring to the link given below:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135
   
  8. in addition, you will need to uninstall and reinstall the software problem on your computer.
  Reset the computer to start as usual
   
  9. When you have finished troubleshooting, follow these steps to reset the computer to start as usual:
  Click Start, type msconfig.exe in the start search box and press ENTER.
   
  10. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click on continue. On the general tab, click the Normal startup option, and then click OK.
   
  11. When you are prompted to restart the computer, click on restart.

  Alternatively, you can try to uninstall and reinstall Media Player.

  Method 2: Uninstall and reinstall Windows Media Player:
  Step 1.
  Uninstalling Windows Media Player:
  1. go to start and in the search type "Turn Windows willing or not.
  2. click on "Turn Windows features on or off".
  2. go to media features and uncheck the brand in the face of Windows Media Player.
  4 restart the computer
   
  Step 2.
  Reinstall Windows Media Player:
  1. go to start and in the search type "Turn Windows willing or not.
  2. click on "Turn Windows features on or off".
  3. find the multimedia functions and place a check mark in front of the Windows Media Player.
  4 restart the computer.

  It will be useful.

  Thank you, and in what concerns:
  Shekhar S - Microsoft technical support.
  

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• Search for Windows Media Player is horrible

  That's why when I get a song, artist and album Windows Media Player comes with 500 results? Which none have anything to do with my search, btw. I don't know why I try harder. I enter all three pieces of information, not just one.

  You can try with just one word (like the artist family name)?  The reason why I'm proposing is that research is to research well more than the name of song, artist or album.  He is actually looking through the fields of data from more than 250 of which are stored in the file, and since there is so much, it matches all possible conditions in all areas in the metadata, returning several additional results that do not match.

  Another way to make more concise research is to use your music library in the file Explorer.  Open your music folder, and then type in the search box at the top.  In this case, it will provide a better overview, because it highlights the key words with a yellow marker because it shows results.

• When I try to work with Windows media player. Pup says up search decoder player movies. so I can't work with media player.

  It is xp3.window of Windows media player 10.

  Hi daryoushnazer,

  You can read the following article and see if it helps.

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  Alternatively, you can upgrade to Windows Media Player 11.

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• Need to add features to search all the playlist in Windows Media Player 7

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  For suggestions about the features of Windows 7, please send your commits on the site Windows 7 comments.
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• Not possible to burn a CD with Windows Media Player

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  All of a sudden CD burning became a problem. After I insert a disc in the drive, a message appears indicating that I need to insert a disc or another message will specify that windows does not detect the cd or windows media player does not detect the disc. I don't know what is happening. I need help!  Thanks, Lindalooloo

  Hello

  Close WMP and all players and burn programs. Click with the right button on taskbar - task manager - process
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  Now stick to a CD and what happens?

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  Step 1: Please do all the same underneath if you did some before as is often total
  a process that solves the problem.

  Try this - Panel - Device Manager - CD/DVD - double click on the device - driver tab.
  Click on update drivers (this will probably do nothing) - RIGHT click ON the drive - uninstall.
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  below.
  
  Then, work your way through these - don't forget the drive might be bad, could be a coward
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  Your CD or DVD drive is missing or is not recognized by Windows or other programs
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060 - a Mr Fixit

  Try this fix manually if the Fixit 314060 does not work
  http://www.pchell.com/hardware/cd_drive_error_code_39.shtml

  Your CD or DVD drive is missing or is not recognized by Windows or other programs-
  a Mr Fixit
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/982116

  The CD drive or the DVD drive does not work as expected on a computer that you upgraded to
  for Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929461

  When you insert a CD or a DVD, Windows Vista may not recognize the disc
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/939052

  Your CD or DVD drive cannot read or write media - A Mr Fixit
  http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/cd_dvd_drive_problems

  CD/DVD drive does not appear in Windows Vista, or you receive this error in Windows
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  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/952951
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  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/316529/

  Hardware devices not detected or not working - A Mr Fixit
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  Another possibility is that the cables are loose. Remove ALL power, then make sure that the cables in both
  ends. Remove and replace, do not just tight. For laptops, you can often clean power and
  contacts data with a pencil eraser.

  Some DVD players do not use the Windows default drivers so check with the manufacturer of system and
  manufacturer of device to see if there is a firmware or drivers for your drive if necessary.

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  Step 2: You have disc problems as the CD/DVD is actually 4 discs in 1 case (CD & DVD
  Burn and CD and DVD read). So it is not unusual for 1 or 2 operational so that other parts
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  Did you follow the Troubleshooting Guide for the reader who still does not work? There are
  the entries in registry that the troubleshooter does not solve and those who "might" be the cause.

  Check with your Maker system and a device for the two possible firmware updates and
  the correct registry entries for your car.

  Here are the keys that I of course are those in question - for the subkeys of the CD/DVD drive
  as there will be other subkeys in these keys. Do not forget to ask specific keys involved as well as
  the parameters.

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\IDE

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\IDE

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\ {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  You can probably find more info here and maybe even the exact registry for your CD/DVD settings
  drive from someone with the same model.

  Forums - a lot of expert real help
  http://Club.myce.com/

  CD/DVD units
  http://www.myce.com/storage/

  Use DevManView to locate the CD/DVD in the registry (be careful and do a prior Restore Point)
  nothing change) - find the DevManView device and then make a right click on it free in RegEdit.

  DevManView - free - an alternative to the standard Windows Device Manager, which displays all the
  devices and their properties in flat table, instead of the tree viewer
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/device_manager_view.html

  I hope this helps.

  Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Bike - Mark Twain said it right.

• Windows Media Player network sharing using 33% CPU resources

  Network Media Media Player sharing module chew cpu

  I have a problem to use cpu similar to others on the use of the CPU window media player.  I used process Explorer tool and concluded that the wmpnetwk process was continulally with 33% of the resources of my CPU, even when the media player is started.  Media player itrself use about 20-22% cpu when it is open and put a media is underway, which is all the time. MY PC has a CPU triple heart so it is a pretty big piece of the CPU!   I tried all of the fixes suggested without result.  It is perhaps a more unique problem.  I've upgraded to Windows 7 64 vista premium 64 premium, but not to install a clean (delete all).  Found a number of problems related to the user's requests and reinstalled them.  As media player and media center are part of the operating system apparently I can't do that for them.  This JUST started happening.  Is it possible the update did something?  Also, I have a laptop with windows 7 preinstalled and won't have the same problem.  I look at this turning point multimedia and Media Player off and setting adobe media player as my default until someone can come to a better suggestion.

  Quick update.  Player use and cpu just off center media and the media is back at a low level.  Remains to be seen.  Why wmpnetwk use so much cpu?

  In fact, I found that my step can be a little higher and quite tedious.

  You can actually do the following which allows to save time! Wmplayer.exe is responsible for managing the shared library, wmpnetwk.exe share this library on the network(Please correct me if I'm wrong here)

  1. Open Windows Media Player and remove all monitored folders and close Windows Media Player (for me Windows Media Player became unresponsive after he consumed more than 300 MB, so I closed it by force), open it again with an eye on the Windows Media Player (wmplayer.exe) process to ensure that the CPU is acceptable.
  2. Add a tracking of file in Windows Media Player.
  3. When the dialog box opens showing the progress of the files added to the library, keep an eye so it gets stuck for a long time (about 2-5 min +, normally, you will find that the memory usage begins to boost quickly) and take a note which folder/sub-folder it got stuck on. (It is a good indicator that a file in this folder may be corrupted), if the dialogue ends while watched folder has no problem.
  4. If there is a problem with step 3, close the dialog progress, remove this folder monitored, close Windows Media Player and move half the files in this folder that you noted to another folder not monitored . Repeat steps 2 through 4 until the watched folder performs its search.
  5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 until you have added all the files in Windows Media Player.

  I don't know why there no code in windows media player to check if corrupted files, but it is definitely a leak memory in the application and I hope this will be corrected my Microsoft soon!

• Windows Media Player cannot always find the info to the album by tearing or playing

  I really like WMP (very flexible features, changes and types of rip)... BUT the music identification software is horrible. You type the name of an album (because it will not appear) and the search function will give you pages on visits that are not even close. You type in Santana and might get the IDS of several firsts as suite Vivaldi Saint something or other, which? Maybe on the next page of hits that you could find the album you typed in and exactly how you typed it, huh. Why wouldn't be the first shot? This search feature is how stupid? For example. I could type in Masters of Classical Music Vol.1, Mozart, and it will give me all MCM volumes but the one I want. Get rid of the vol.1 or Mozart, or both, and you have the right ID even faster, what? Many of the volumes MCM yielded no ID of classical music at all, what? Was a time, you can click Update music info. and get the ID/album art correctly most of the time. How can the system ID is worserer over time instead of better.

  I tried to do some of the things I like to do with WMP NERO9 and Nero9 turned out to be much less flexible, but the Gracenote ID system has a very high success rate 99 percent to get the ID of music correctly tagged for songs and albums. AND I don't need to hunt for the news of the album that is already in the database somewhere. The version of Nero on my laptop does not burn WMA lossless or 320 kbps mp3.

  So, I guess my question is, are at - it a trick to get WMP albums ID with precision and without me having to hunt through independent music lists? With no luck, I have disabled the Windows Firewall. Furthermore, this isn't a victory op sys. problem, because all oenological practices (11 or 12) of 7/Vista/XP all are terrible to find the data of the ID. I cringe every time that I try to copy a classic CD, because many times you will need to enter all the data from the massive album manually for a single tear. Data entry takes way longer than the period of investigation. Yes, it sucks. Rock albums are easier to obtain, but not always easy.  Creative, included at the same time, a software suite that was very good, but over time, they forced now to buy some of these subtleties with their sound cards.

  Anyone has any ideas on this topic?

  Hi Waynesalo,
  As you may know, the Microsoft answers Forum is a community of users of Windows software that contribute and answer questions to help each other. It isn't a developers or programmers (unless you want to register) forum at all. However, there are many developers and programmers forums out there that deal with more complex issues such as you pinned. If you want to dive into the more detailed questions, you can start with one of the links below:
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490842.aspx
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/Win7/archive/2011/04/05/new-included-music-files-are-not-displayed-in-Windows-Media-Player-library.aspx
  Secondly, I understand the problem you are running into. As a DJ part-time, trying to find some hip-hop and R & B songs is almost impossible. You can watch the server so that the news of the album are pulled. If I remember correctly, you have the choice of three. I found this not have all the information I'm looking for, so I settled on a cause it's less time consuming enter my settings and change this server info each time. Now, I don't know if you have the possibility to change this information in WMP 11 or 12, I use an older version.

  In addition, if you want to talk directly to Microsoft of its products, let me suggest this link:
  This is a link to Microsoft Connect, where you can leave your comments to improve the Microsoft products:
  https://connect.Microsoft.com/site831/feedback
  I hope this helps.
  Eddie B.