Windows Media Player has encounterd a Problem?

Question

ok here is a sequence of events.
#1 Open Windows media player
#2 Start song
#3 Listen to song till end
#4 song ends
#5 i get a pop up that sais windows media player has encounterd a problem.

This same error has happened probably 100 times now and i cant figure it out. This is what i have tried

I tryed: restarting the computer, deleting the WMP from the control panel and going back to WMP9 and updating again, going to the WMP homepage and downloading 11 to try to get it to rite over the errors, and i tryed deleting it from the computer all together trough c:/program files/ Windows Media Player (wouldnt let me).

Im very good with a computer 99% of the time and dont usualy have problems but feel free to state the obvious maybe there is somthing i havent tried. First one to solve my problem gets best vote :D o and a thumbs up.

ok well i guess i left some things out. Im running windows XP and the current out with that is WMP 11. I have tryed going back to the WMP 9 thats as far back as it will let me. Also i cant uninstall it because it is a "key piece of windows". as for my causeing the problem it wasnt till just a little bit ago that i did all that stuff and this has been happening for the last week or so.. so i know it wasnt me.

Answer 1

I know this will suck-but the best & only thing I can think of right now--is uninstall it and reinstall it.

save your songs over to real player (or onto discs) so you can get them back.

oh-have you upgraded to the new windows 7?--if you did, undo it and go back to the previous version.
that would be what is causing the problem.
windows put the upgrade to 7 out before they worked out all the glitches.

also-one very last thing, lol
you can reset your computer back to a previous date- before you started getting the media player errors.
that should work if nothing else does
good luck!!

Answer 2

You could try the System Restore which takes you back to a time when your computer was working good. Go To:
start
programs
accessories
systems tools
system restore
This process is completely reversable. And does not remove your personal files. Just go back one checkpoint at a time until your puter is working good again.
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Answer 3

You definately stumped me. I'm just answering so that you can get at least one answer to pick as best. I know how frustrating it can be when you ask a question and no one answers so you lose 5 points because you couldn't pick a best answer instead of getting 3 points back. So, only pick mine as best if no one else answers, or everyone else's answers are crap.

Answer 4

most likely, because of what you have tried, your file has a problem. You should either re-download it, or try playing it in a different media player like realplayer.