WMP12 crash on startup

[meleeman]

I have been listening to music some of the day, and once I got my 1TB hard drive I decided to move my Music, etc. over to it as a backup. When I did I tried to reopen WMP12, but it instantly crashed with these details. What's the problem and how do I fix it?


Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: wmplayer.exe
Application Version: 12.0.7600.16385
Application Timestamp: 4a5bcc9e
Fault Module Name: wmp.dll
Fault Module Version: 12.0.7600.16385
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a5bdb7f
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0010975c
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

 

[Jonathan_King]

Welcome!

Is this a recurring problem or a one-time incident? If this is the only time it happened, I wouldn't sweat about it.

If this is a recurring problem, I suggest a system files check.

Open an elevated command prompt and enter sfc /scannow.

 

[meleeman]

It occurs every single time I open WMP.

I ended up just reinstalling Windows 7. I needed to do so anyway and this just made that happen sooner. Still have no idea why it was acting up though. My DRM folder was empty, so I'm not sure if it could be the music rights type of problem. I suppose it could have been because I have a bunch of music and it wasn't loading fast enough or something, but it loads fine now with the same amount (on a new HD).

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

It occurs every single time I open WMP.

I ended up just reinstalling Windows 7. I needed to do so anyway and this just made that happen sooner. Still have no idea why it was acting up though. My DRM folder was empty, so I'm not sure if it could be the music rights type of problem. I suppose it could have been because I have a bunch of music and it wasn't loading fast enough or something, but it loads fine now with the same amount (on a new HD).

Hello and Welcome !

Check this article this should help you http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/57348-windows-media-player-troubleshooting-guide.html

Good Luck,
Captain