Media player not working - flashes onto the screen for split second.


  1. juju72
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    Media player not working - flashes onto the screen for split second.


    Hi all,

    My media player hasn't been working for some time. I click the icon and either nothing happens or it flashes onto the screen for a split second then goes off again :-(

    I may have deleted something when I was removing/uninstalling some things but I'm at a loss as to what to do.

    Any advice?

    I'll see if I can get it to show any error messages so I can post them on here.
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  3. FaberTech
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    What media player is it?
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  4. juju72
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    Windows media player, the one that comes with the OS.
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  6. FaberTech
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    i have used fixit for this kind of issue before and it seemed to work fine after that. you could give that a try.

    Fix Windows Media Player video, and other media or library issues
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  7. juju72
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    Thanks, I'll try that and let you know how I get on
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  8. FaberTech
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    Cool beans
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  10. juju72
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    Thank you so much! It's fixed! :-D
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  11. FaberTech
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    You're welcome! Don't forget to mark as solved Thanks for choosing sevenforums.
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