Windows 10: MEDIA PLAYERS ARE NOT WORKING IN WINDOWS 10, SOFTWARE APPS, DOWNLOADS

TO WHOM IT DOES CONCERN,


I'VE BEEN HAVING A REOCCURRING ISSUE WHERE VARIOUS MEDIA PLAYERS DO NOT WORK OR STOP WORKING IN THE VARIOUS VERSIONS OF WINDOWS I HAVE HAD ON MY COMPUTER OVER THE YEARS.


I HAVE HAD THESE ISSUES WITH WINDOWS MEDIA PLAY VERSIONS 9-12, VLC, GROOVE, AND WINAMP.


THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE NOT ABLE TO OPEN MEDIA FILES THAT WORKED IN PREVIOUS VERSIONS, NOT ABLE TO ADD FILES TO MY LIBRARY, ETC.


OVER THE LAST FEW TIMES I'VE REINSTALLED OR UPDATED WINDOWS 10, WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 12, WHICH IS INSTALLED WITH WINDOWS 10 AS IS GROOVE, WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER EITHER DOES NOT OPEN, IS SLOW, MY LIBRARY DISAPPEARS, I CANNOT ADD MUSIC TO MY LIBRARY, ALBUMS AND ARTISTS INFORMATION IS NOT CORRECT, CERTAIN MUSIC FILES NO LONGER PLAY WHILE MOST DO. THIS HAPPENS WITH VLC AND GROOVE ALSO. I'VE RAN THE TROUBLESHOOTING STEPS AND REPAIR STEPS, TRIED TO ADJUST THE SETTINGS AND IT SAYS THESE APPS ARE NOT COMPATIBLE TO WINDOWS 10.


WHY DOES WINDOWS 10 SUDDENLY BLOCK ALL MEDIA PLAYERS? WILL THERE BE UPDATED MEDIA PLAYERS?

MY COMPUTER REPAIR GUY INSTALLED MORE MEMORY IN MY COMPUTER, UPGARDING IT TO 64-BIT. WINDOWS 10 SAYS IT IS 64-BIT YET 64 BIT SOFTWARE APPS CANNOT BE INSTALLED ON MY COMPUTER, HANG WHEN I TRY TO INSTALL THEM, OR HANG/CRASH WHEN I RUN THEM. THE SAME APPS INSTALLED AS 32-BIT APPS DO THE SAME THING. ADDITIONALLY, LATELY I KEEP GETTING A WARNING SAYING WINDOWS CANNOT INSTALL, DOWNLOAD, OR RUN MY APPS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT WINDOWS APPS BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT WINDOWS APPS INCLUDING SOFTWARE FOR MY PRINTER, ETC. FURTHERMORE, EVERYTIME I DOWNLOAD ANYTHING--A PICTURE, A PDF FILE, MUSIC FILES, SOFTWARE APPS..I GET A WARNING SAYING "THIS FILE CANNOT BE SAVED BECAUSE IT IS NOT A WINDOWS FILE" OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE FILE DOES ACTUALLY GET SAVED.


WHY DOES WINDOWS 10 DO THIS?

I HAVE 3.0 AND 2.0 USB PORTS INSTALLED ON MY COMPUTER. ONE MINUTE THEY WORK THEN ONE MINUTE THEY DON'T. MY COMPUTER GUY HAS CHECKED THEM ALL AS THEY ARE BRAND NEW AND SAYS THEY ARE FINE BUT WINDOWS 10 SAYS THE DRIVER IS NOT COMPATIBLE EVERY OTHER TIME. THEN THEY START WORKING FINE UNTIL THE NEXT UPDATE. THEN THEY START WORKING AGAIN UNTIL THE NEXT UPDATE.


WHY DOES WINDOWS 10 DO THIS?


WHY DOES MALWAREBYTES, ETC. INTERFERE WITH OR REMOVE OFFICE 365 APPS LATELY?

I HOPE SOMEONE FIXES THE WINDOWS 10 UPDATES TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.


I HAVE OTHER ISSUES I'LL ADDRESS LATER.


D

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New Windows Media Player Plugin for Firefox

Anyone who uses Windows Vista and Mozilla Firefox may be pleased to hear that the Windows Media Player team has now released a plugin for Firefox that should allow the browser to play WMP content on websites. Here are the steps to get it working:

• Installation of the Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin may require administrative access to your PC. It is recommended that you close all other open browser windows before continuing with the installation.
• Click the Install button to automatically download and install the Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin.
• Depending on your security settings, you may see a Security Warning dialog box. Click Install to install the plugin.

There is a known issue if you are using Firefox version 2.0.0.3 on Windows Vista with the installer failing with error code -203. To work around this simply restart Firefox (you will get a notification that Windows Vista will be changing the Firefox compatibility settings) and then install again - the second time should succeed.

The download is available here, and the new plugin works on all versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista (although it is mostly intended for Vista, as that currently has no WMP support in Firefox).

Source: Windows Vista Blog

 

Faulty Windows Media Player

Windows Mesdis Player developed a fault (Played jerky an missed bits) so I down loaded Media Player 10.

It's no better. Any suggestions (I run Windows 98)

 

Best media player software

What is the best media player software in two criteria:

• All-In-One
• Video-Centric
• Music-Centric

Name your picks in both categories.

Thank you.