Windows Media Player does not even open and I can't find a helper application to pass me the problem

I tried via Start menu and trying to play a song from a CD of the song to open with Media player?

What is the song file extension?  You may need to uncheck 'Hide known file types' in Control Panel / folder Options / display file extensions.

How to repair the operating system and how to restore the configuration of the operating system to an earlier point in time in Windows Vista (or 7)
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/936212/#appliesTo

How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7
http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/929135

See control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Troubleshooting\Hardware and sound, which will perform automatic checks for you.

Test with another Windows user rather than your current user.

Try running ChkDsk to check your drive for errors. Right click on your drive icon / properties / tools / error checking.  Try first by checking do not each box (that it will run in read-only mode) to see if it reports any problems file or hard drive.  If so, restart it by checking both boxes and restart to allow him to attempt to fix any problems found.

You can try uncheck Windows Media Player via the Control Panel / programs and features / Turn Windows Features on or off / multimedia / Windows Media Player.  This allows to uninstall it.  You restart and then reverse steps to reinstall.

Maybe the library is corrupted?

How to rebuild your Windows Media Player library?
http://www.avsoft.nl/index.php/maintenance/how-to-rebuild-your-Windows-Media-Player-library.htm

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