Windows 7 Windows Media Player - doesnt work!!!!

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Soulja Pixii

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"server execution failed" that is the error i get when I try to open any video or song.
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Also when i try to open WMP from the start menu it doesnt open and it doesnt show up in Task Manager
I am using Windows 7 and the new media player, i have never really liked WMP before but i like this one because of how lightweight it looks when you watch a video.

Any help would be great
 
Solution


Control Panel > Administrative > Services > Windows Media Player Network Sharing > Click "Restart" > and finally restart your computer.
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Control Panel > Administrative > Services > Windows Media Player Network Sharing > Click "Restart" > and finally restart your computer.
 
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I would do a system restore but i dont know when it started and i have done heaps of stuff (uninstalling/installing) since then so I cant. And There is no such thing as add and remove programs in Win7 but when you go into Programs and Features there is only an option to uninstall I tried that then reinstalling but that didnt work and neither did cybercore's idea but thanks anyway and if you have any other ideas it would be appreciated
 
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As i know WDM cannot play .mp4 file

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992

WDM is working fine to my Windows
 
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It can play mp4 files it can even play m4v files! and besides it cant even play mp3 files at the moment.
and it used to work fine but I just tried about 2 weeks ago and that error came up.
 
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I'd recommend an alternate player that doesn't use as much memory hogging.

It's called KmPlayer and can be downoaded here:

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Supported file formats

Windows Media formats (.asf, .wma, .wmv, .wm)

Advanced Systems Format (.asf)

Versions of Windows Media Player that support this file type:
  • Windows Media Player 7
  • Windows Media Player for Windows XP
  • Windows Media Player 9 Series
  • Windows Media Player 10
  • Windows Media Player 11
Just DL Gom Player dude,ignore WDM

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