That process rebuilds the library. While a broken/corrupt library should
stop anything form appearing in WMP's library, it shouldn't stop WMP from
actually loading. =\

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"clp" <clp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3BBB1A90-687F-4E96-8F1C-19760FD949E5@microsoft.com...
> Following is a copy of what I sent my Dell Tech Rep. This procedure
> effectively reinstalls WMP even though you can't uninstall it via the
> Control
> Panel.
>
> Although the instructions in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925718/en-us
> would not work for me, I used Windows Explorer to get to
> C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player.
>
> I then delete the Media Player folder. Started the Task Manager and shut
> off the WMP process. Clicked on Windows Media Player; it started and
> rebuilt
> itself.
>
> clp
>
>
> "scousergraeme" wrote:
>
>> cant get my media player to work when i want to play an mpeg file or mp3
>> file
>> ,its installed on my computer but wont start up ,running vista 32 bit
>> version
>> ,only just recently happenned ,any ideas please
>>
>> cheers graeme