Are you using some service/other application/utility that might be
using/remoting WMP and thus keeping it open... ?

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"Sean Anderson" <SeanAnderson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply. I tried that, but I can still replicate the problem
> of
> wmplayer starting automagically, and because that instance is running with
> no
> interface, if you need to see one (say to play a movie), I have to kill
> that
> instance so that a fresh one can start.