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| Thread ID: 99214 | 2009-04-23 23:17:00 | Windows Media player 11 won't load | kountryken (14110) | Press F1 |
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| 767865 | 2009-04-25 02:20:00 | Sorry should i say the information you gave me worked ok BUT media player still doesnt load | kountryken (14110) | ||
| 767866 | 2009-04-25 06:42:00 | While this is not much help - I have looked and Many have had the same problem - Since WMP is a inbuilt part of Vista, and cant be removed, there is also no download that I could find that MS give out. Some people have simply given up and used another player - the other option is to do a complete reinstall. ONE thing that might work - and worth a try - Click start, type in cmd in the search results, RIGHT click CMD/Run The select "Run as Administrator", type in sfc /scannow <Press Enter> note space between the c /s Let it run through and hopefully it will repair WMP. There is one other thing I'm going to try as I also have a knackered WMP on one of the workshop Vista PC's - Ill post back if it works (the repair) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 767867 | 2009-04-25 09:52:00 | Here is the fix for WMP in Vista from Microsoft:- "Run an in-place installation of Windows Vista to repair all applications. To do this, boot as normal from hard drive. Now insert Vista DVD and run the Windows Vista Setup again from within Windows Vista. This will repair all applications, including Media Player and Media Centre by replacing the damaged files. It might be possible that you will need to install a device driver again if you have installed drivers for your hardware manually but normally all installed applications will not be harmed by this repair". I was under the impression that running Windows Vista Setup again would wipe out the previous install but obviously not according to this MS info. By the way, if you recently installed Sat For PC you will prob find this the cause of WMP malfunction and uninstalling this will fix WMP 11. ( many cases reported). |
blanco (11336) | ||
| 767868 | 2009-04-25 10:01:00 | Yes, instructiosn and more info here: www.vistax64.com |
Blam (54) | ||
| 767869 | 2009-04-25 10:04:00 | You can read the full script for the above and other WMP fixes at this forum under Windows Vista And WMP. www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums |
blanco (11336) | ||
| 767870 | 2009-04-25 11:54:00 | What ever you do just be VERY careful - the article linked in Blams post - as it says to do the repair install You must have Retail Full or Upgrade Vista installation DVD to do this MOST people will have an OEM install of Vista, thats is of course unless you paid for a FULL BOXED RETAIL version, which cost a hell of a lot more. Do it wrong, and you will wipe your complete HDD and lose every bit of data and programs on the drive. I was under the impression that running Windows Vista Setup again would wipe out the previous install but obviously not according to this MS info Yeah right :rolleyes: Just got a customers PC last week - they thought the same thing after reading several articles, and the local Computer "Expert" thought he knew what he was doing - guess what ALL data is gone. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 767871 | 2009-04-25 13:09:00 | Thanks for the warning, I respect your experiece in these matters. Wouldn't it be nice if MS were a bit more precise and exlplanatory with their info. |
blanco (11336) | ||
| 767872 | 2009-04-25 22:26:00 | Its actually a pain in the backside, not being able to do a repair install the same as way you can in previous versions of Windows, XP, 2000 etc. Something to do with the file structure in Vista. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 767873 | 2009-04-25 23:12:00 | Is this worth considering ? www.eurodownload.com/download-software/141312/Uninstall-Windows-Media-Player |
blanco (11336) | ||
| 767874 | 2009-04-25 23:47:00 | oKAY i TRIED THE START COMPUTER AND INSTALLED THE vISTA UPGRADE DVD. It wouldn't allow me to run a upgrade and fix, but a full install only. bugger MS | kountryken (14110) | ||
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