Media Player will not play .wma or .asf files!!

[victor]

all of a sudden, i notice that my windows XP media player
will not play .wma or .asf files. it tries to open the
file and then i get the error message:

"Windows media player has encountered a problem and needs
to close. we are sorry for the incovenience."

Error Signature: AppName: wmplayer.ext AppVer:
9.0.0.2980 ModName: ddraw.dll ModVer: 5.3.0.900 Offset:
00000005

there is no error code associated with this. i ahve
restored the system to the configuration of about a month
ago, and i still get the same error. i uninstalled all
the updates i could think of to no avail.

what am i to do?? this is TOTALLY unacceptable !! any
help is welcome!!!!!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Go to Start > Run and in the Run box copy, then paste, the following:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\setup_wm.exe"

Then hit the Enter key to reinstall Windows Media Player.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| all of a sudden, i notice that my windows XP media player
| will not play .wma or .asf files. it tries to open the
| file and then i get the error message:
|
| "Windows media player has encountered a problem and needs
| to close. we are sorry for the incovenience."
|
| Error Signature: AppName: wmplayer.ext AppVer:
| 9.0.0.2980 ModName: ddraw.dll ModVer: 5.3.0.900 Offset:
| 00000005
|
| there is no error code associated with this. i ahve
| restored the system to the configuration of about a month
| ago, and i still get the same error. i uninstalled all
| the updates i could think of to no avail.
|
| what am i to do?? this is TOTALLY unacceptable !! any
| help is welcome!!!!!
|
|

 

[Guest]

ok. let me try this. i will post a reply regardless of
whether it works or not to report... thanks