Windows 10: Windows Media Player Groove Music won't open

I've made the fatal mistake of not making sure my automatic app updates is turned off. Alas, my beloved Groove Music is no more, Microsoft has butchered yet another perfectly working app.The problem is, "Windows Media Player" won't open at all. It showed the logo splash screen and went back to nothingness. I've tried multiple reinstallations to no avail, what did work was to downgrade back to Groove.I really want to give this new "Media Player" a chance, but it just won't let me. Any solutions?

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media player 'groove music'

Just a slight correction :
Windows Media Player is listed in All apps > under alphabet W but not under Windows Accessories.

 

media player 'groove music'

Not on my PC, which is a clean Windows 10 install. It is in the Windows Accessories folder as I indicated. Doing a search for "Windows Media Player" should also allow launching it.

 

What is the difference between Groove Music and Windows media player in Windows 10?

Windows Media Player is your old traditional desktop app for Media Playback.

Groove Music is the Universal Windows app i.e. Store app.
Universal means that Groove Music will be available on every Windows 10 device, be it an Xbox One, a Lumia phone or a PC.

Groove Music is one of the apps optimised for Microsoft's Continuum* initiative and is likely to get updates more frequently than Windows Media Player.

All things aside, Groove Music sounds better than Media Player. I would choose it over the other anyday.

* Continuum is the feature of Windows 10 which allows you to use your Windows 10 phone or tablet as a desktop or the other way round.