Windows 10: Problem with Windows Media Player stopped loading.

I have set Windows Media Player as the default player for .mp3but have a problem that although WMP is on the start menu when I double clickon it or its shortcut it will just flicker and not load.
I have tried different ways to play the .mp3 files by rightclicking on a file and open it but get an error message as shown below.
How can I get WMP to load as it seems to be corrupted?







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Windows 10 Media Player

This doesn't work. Windows Media Player was working fine in Windows 10; then, it just stopped working. It tries to load but never opens.

 

Windows Media Player not working in Windows 10

Original Title: Windows Media Player

I updated my Lenovo PC from Windows 7 to Windows 10. In doing so, the version of Windows Media Player stopped being able to read anything inserted into the Memory Card reader of the PC. It used to work fine under Windows 7, but with the upgrade, it no
longer can see the drive at all. Have re-loaded Media Player since but no change in performance. Any suggestions?

 

I had an issue with WMP that was solved by removing it from the Windows Features/Media features (unchecking the box seen in your post), restarting, and then re-enabling it, and then restarting. When I then launched WMP it rebuilt its music library and everything worked correctly. You might give this process a try.

 

If all suggestions fail to solve the issue, install VLC player.
It is free.
It can play DVDs as well ( WMP cannot.)
It does NOT have the codecs restrictions like WMP has. It plays almost all types of formats.
It is well known and widely used.

Download official VLC media player for Windows - VideoLAN

 

Thanks I will try to uninstall it and reinstall it as you suggest. Thank you.

 

Thanks for you suggestion. I already have VLC installed.

 

I tried uninstalling and re-installing WMP as you suggested but it didn't work for me probably because the problem must have been with Windows itself so I had to restore from an image backup and all went well and got WMP working again. Anyway thanks again for your input.

 

System image backup and system restore are 2 valuable programs.
They save my rear end countless times.
Thank you for posting the solution.