a message comes up saying windows media player has stopped working - fairly quickly - below it says a problem caused the programme to stop working - windows 7 does a search for a solution to the problem but cannot find an answer.
windows media player 11 worked fine on the laptop under vista
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1. Download Windows Media Player 11 Installer for Windows 7
2. Now Type services.msc on windows 7 search bar
3. Stop Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service.
4. Take Ownership of following files
All files in “Program Files\Windows Media Player\” folder All files starting with “wmp” in System32 folder wmploc.dll.mui in “Sytem32\en-us\” folder
5. Now Run Windows Media Player 11 Installer
6. Now type Regedit on Start Menu Search bar
7. Delete following Registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Setup\Installed Versions“
(Don’t forget to take Backup of Registry before modifying/editing/deleting any registry key)
8. Reboot your Windows 7
Good luck,
Jerry
Computer Support Specialist
Over 5 years personal experience & over 3.5 years professional. Working towards MCSA, A+, & Network+