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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