Windows Media and Other Pgms Not Able To Initiate

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This has been an ongoing problem for many months and now I've come across
enough unworkable programs that I need to have it fixed. I wasn't sure where
else to post so if I'm off base I apologize.

When I try to start up windows media player as well as other programs I get
a message similar to this "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. This
can occur when another program or operating system component encounters a
problem but does not communicate the nature of the problem to the Player".
I'm able to open the program but that's about all. It also does this when I
try ATI media player. The only media player that actually works is itunes.
Recently I've been trying to install Warcraft III and while the program
installed, it won't initialize into a playing screen but jump back to the
desktop. I've troubleshooted directx, my video card and each of the
individual programs, all to no avail. I've updated MULTIPLE times on each,
drivers and patches. I've uninstalled and reinstalled my sound card thinking
that might be my problem. I've also covered the virus and malware
possibilities. I know that I'm covered with the specs of the game, 1gb ram,
amd 2500 processor and plenty of disk space. I've called tech support at
ati, blizzard and creative with no results. One of the techs mentioned that
he thought my memory was being eaten up by somethinh and didn't know what but
a check in the task manager doesn't show an overload of programs running. I
also went into msconfig and disabled most of the startup programs I didn't
need. Now I'm just at a loss for what to do and ANY help would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you.

My specs are

amd 2500 with a barton core
abit mb nf7 nvidia chip nforce2
1gb ram
300 gb hard drive
ati graphics card 9800 pro
creative sb audigy legacy
 
First,try running only one player at a time,2nd,chk WMP box in windows
components,3rd,download and reinstall WMP whichever version youre at.In
WMP,go to tools,options,file types,select all,apply.4th,if youre still having
problems,download and run WMDiag,you can get it from microsoft/downloads..
 
First, ignore Andrew E.

itunes has probably stolen the file associations from WMP.

Open Windows Media Player | Tools | Options |
File Types tab | Click the Select All button |
Click Apply | Click OK

[[If you install other multimedia playback programs on your computer, they
may interfere with your Player file types settings. For more information
about setting file type ownership in other multimedia playback programs, see
the documentation that came with those programs. ]]

[[If you want to make another player the default player for a specific file
type, clear the check box for it in the File types list. ]]

[[If a selected check box is dimmed, Windows Media Player has only partial
ownership of the file type. Multiple file extensions are assigned to the
file type, but the Player only plays some of those extensions by default. To
give the Player full ownership of a file type, double-click the dimmed check
box. ]]

Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...

hh wmplayer.chm::/htm/player_overview_formats.htm

Selecting file types
https://www.netscum.dk/resources/do...l/proddocs/en-us/player_overview_formats.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Have you tried having a look in event viewer there may be a clue in
there; clicking on an event should open a dialogue window, you'll
find these in Control Panel/ Perf. & maintenance/Admin.Tools

These are log files that you can safely save to a folder or delete.

Davy
 
Thank you for your suggestions which unfortunately didn't work. A couple of
things that may also be connected to this is I've also tried to install WMD
with out success (it just hangs), also I can't play a DVD however I have been
able to get into Guildwars which has been installed awhile now, and recently
when I tried to update Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (the same time I tried
installing WMD), I had problems installing that as well. So you see it's
not just targeting one program but a number of them that I either try to
install or run. Again guys, thanks.

Nightngal
 
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