wmpnetwk.exe taking up all physical memory

Hi,
my wmpnetwk.exe seems to take up all my physical memory. the only time it does not is when im running wmplayer.exe. i think i have a corrupted file that my comp is trying to stream through the network i just dont know how to weed it out, any suggestions? also, my comp seems to run btw 45 to 54 processes i think that is a little to much also. however i dont know which ones are necessary and which ones are not for the system to run. i tried to post a hijack this log but when i run a scan it doesnt let me make a log of the data? help plz.

Barreloffun said:

Hi,
my wmpnetwk.exe seems to take up all my physical memory. the only time it does not is when im running wmplayer.exe. i think i have a corrupted file that my comp is trying to stream through the network i just dont know how to weed it out, any suggestions? also, my comp seems to run btw 45 to 54 processes i think that is a little to much also. however i dont know which ones are necessary and which ones are not for the system to run. i tried to post a hijack this log but when i run a scan it doesnt let me make a log of the data? help plz.

How much memory do you have? do you stream music over the lan?


Ken

Ken, yes I stream Music/Videos to my PS3 over the network for starters. A guy, u were close but Didn't have to stop the service. This had been nagging me for weeks till I finally sat down and tried to take a stab at it. I knew what was going. My files were being streamed and re-streamed over the network. I just didnt know how to stop it without canceling the service. so, For future reference anyone with this problem using Windows Media Player 11 to stream music/videos to a game console (PS3, Xbox 360, etc..), this is how I finally got my Wmpnetwk.exe stop taking up all my physical memory. Open windows media player> Organize (top left side)> Manage Libraries (first drop down option)> Music/Video/Pic/Recorded TV should be the 4 options that you see when you place cursor on Manage Libraries. Upon clicking on say, Music you should see a picture like the one below. If not the chances are that you have more than one file being streamed and re-streamed. That is whats taking up all your physical memory and slowing your machine down. check to make sure the files and folders in there are either from your "My Music/Pics/Videos" or a File that has been added that contains Music/Videos/Pics other than the ones already in those folders. Hope that works and Happy streaming to ya.

@Barrelloffun -

After a full day of Google searches I finally found your post. WMP was indeed scanning the entire C:\. Now fixed. My CPU went from 62% to 4%. Memory went 100% to about 25% of my 3GB (2.66GB Usable).:)

I was on the verge of restoring the OS and buying more memory but problem solved.

Had the same problem and took me 10sec to find this post. Ty!