Windows Media Player won't play videos

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  1. What is the exact error message you get when you try to play videos?

  2. What is the format of the videos that you try to play?

  3. are you able to play other files with Windows Media Player?

  Media Player will not be able to play video files, if there are no required codecs or video format is not supported by Media Player.

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  FFDSHOW - free
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  If you download the following free utility... you can drag.
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