Media Player

[Marv]

For some reason I cannot now open any wav file with Medic Player. The
shortcut on the start menu does not start Media Player. If I go to the
directory that contains the media player exe files and click on any one of
them (e.go. wmplayer.exe, wmlaunch.exe, wmpshare.exe, morph.exe
etc. ).nothing happens. Also I recently noticed that email containing Power
Point formats do not open.

I don't know if they are related but a couple of weeks ago I down loaded
from the Microsoft site programs for reading the newer versions of Word,
PowerPoint, Excel, etc.

I have tried to find the Media Player software on the Microsoft site
thinking I could reinstall it but all I can find is updates to it. I don't
even know what version of Media Players I have. I am using Vista, with all
current patches.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Marv

 

[Marv]

That morph.exe shouldn't be there.
If you can uninstall whatever made that, do it.

Then, open an elevated cmd prompt and type
regsvr32 wmp.dll
hit enter.
Should get a message box that it succeeded.
See if that helps/

Thanks for the response. I registered the wmp.dll file successfully and then
attempted to open Media Player as administrator but again nothing
happens.The program does not start.

Any other thoughts?

Marv

 

[zachd [MSFT]]

Note that the *XP* DllRegister section you're trying to use in this example
will misregister WMP and break some things. That's not how WMP installs
itself in Vista. =\

There's a KB article on this - look up WMP11.AssocFile.WMA on the support
site and you'll see it. =\

 

[zachd [MSFT]]

What changed before WMP broke?
Does this system have Service Pack 1 installed?
Does "wmplayer.exe" show in the Task Manager "Processes" tab when "Show
processes from all users" is checked?

 

[zachd [MSFT]]

It does break things - my code actually, which is why I'm aware of this. =)

This is the article I was referring to:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947541

The reg entries there will unwind about 90% of the damage here. There's
more (you're running an XP code path on a Vista system), but this will fix
up the most noticeable problem which is that progressive download/playback
breaks after you do that. =)

This particular XP code path was never expected to be called upon Vista:
it's been pruned for Windows 7, but if you're going to do it on Vista, the
KB I mentioned is probably the best way to do it.

Cheers,
-Zach

 

[zachd [MSFT]]

Yep, those (and the other keys you mention) are the old XP versions.
They'll break an internal player check and generally disable progressive
download. =)

--
Speaking for myself only.
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
--

That was interesting.
And maybe useful someday.
Thanks.

But, I have run regsvr32 wmp.dll on my Vista install ( Clicking on WMP to
run was non-responsive).

That was some 2 months ago.
Comparing my reg keys to the ones on that link, they are the same.
Except, where you have WMP11.AssocFile.ASF, I have ASFFile <---that type
example in all instances.

I don't experience any issues.
Or am unaware of them .

I will keep that link though. ;-)

Correction.
In [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA74-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
, I have midfile

in
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA7B-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID], I
have soundrec

 

[Marv]

Yes Service Pack 1 is installed. No, the wmplayer.exe file does NOT show
in the Task Manager "Processes" tab, but. I don't know the significance of
this. Could you elaborate?

 

[zachd [MSFT]]

OK, so start WMP but keep an eye on that tab, having it sorted by Process
Name in reverse alphabetical order so that it goes Z-A. Does 'wmplayer.exe'
flash up there briefly?
What changed before this broke?

You should probably run "sfc /scannow" from "cmd.exe" run "As
Administrator".

 

[Marv]

I think I found the problem. I mentioned earlier that a few weeks ago I
downloaded and installed the Microsoft viewer programs for Excel, Word and
PowerPoint. I removed all of them and now Media Player works just fine. I
now can't see the newer versions of Microsoft Office, but I'll look for a
solution for that.

Thanks for the assistance.

Marv