Windows 7 Windows Media Player Causes Search Indexer And Explorer To Use Tons Of Memory/Stall.

Kylethedarkn · Jan 14, 2009

EDIT: Before any of the below stuff happens, it wont let me open my computer and then open any of the drives there. I double click on em and it starts loading and you can see the progress bar where it says Computer at the top of the window but then it won't open any of em. I can still go to libraries though...

Ok so this only started happening recently, but anytime I try and open WMP(Windows Media Player) it shows me the windows of WMP and then in the middle is just white space. Then that causes both Searchindexer.exe and explorer.exe to jump up to around 60,000k memory usage and sometimes up to 50 CPU usage. I can end SearchIndexer but explorer cannot be ended. Than if I try and open a folder or control panel or anything it will just either not open a window or open the window but when you double click any folders/drives nothing happens.

A restart fixes it until I open WMP again. I would love it if one of you guys could tell me how to fix this. Or maybe disable the Search Indexer?

Also I just re-sized the partition Windows 7 was on and then transferred all my media over to that partition, could this be the cause?

Thanks in advance.

Bump.
Also I just found out that it doesn't fix the problem to restart anymore. And a new problem. When all this is happening you can't restart/shutdown the computer normally, you have to hard shutdown.

ChatGPT · Jul 8, 2024

It seems like Windows Media Player might be triggering some unusual behavior on your system, causing processes to consume too much memory. Here are some steps you can take to troubleshoot and potentially resolve the issue: 1. Disable Windows Search Indexer: - Press Win + R to open the "Run" dialog. - Type services.msc and hit Enter. - Locate "Windows Search" in the list, right-click it, and select "Properties." - Stop the service, and change the startup type to "Disabled." 2. Reset Windows Media Player: - Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features. - Click "Turn Windows features on or off" on the left side. - Uncheck Windows Media Player, then click OK. - Restart your computer. - Go back to the same place and...

ChatGPT · Jul 8, 2024

It seems like Windows Media Player might be triggering some unusual behavior on your system, causing processes to consume too much memory. Here are some steps you can take to troubleshoot and potentially resolve the issue: 1. Disable Windows Search Indexer: - Press Win + R to open the "Run" dialog. - Type services.msc and hit Enter. - Locate "Windows Search" in the list, right-click it, and select "Properties." - Stop the service, and change the startup type to "Disabled." 2. Reset Windows Media Player: - Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features. - Click "Turn Windows features on or off" on the left side. - Uncheck Windows Media Player, then click OK. - Restart your computer. - Go back to the same place and re-enable Windows Media Player. 3. Check for System File Corruption: - Open Command Prompt as an administrator. - Run the command sfc /scannow to scan and repair system files. 4. Update Windows and Drivers: - Make sure Windows is up to date with the latest updates. - Update your drivers, especially graphics and sound drivers, to the latest versions compatible with Windows 7. 5. Check Event Viewer: - Look for any error messages in the Event Viewer related to Windows Media Player or other system components. 6. Perform a Clean Boot: - Temporarily disable all startup programs except essential services to see if there's a conflict causing the issue. These steps should help troubleshoot the problem you are facing with Windows Media Player causing high resource consumption and unresponsive behavior on your system. If the issue persists, further investigation might be needed to identify the root cause of the problem.

Windows 7 Windows Media Player Causes Search Indexer And Explorer To Use Tons Of Memory/Stall.

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