Paul, It could possibly be something to do with the type of file you're attempting to open. Maybe try a number of different media files to see if that helps at all. Is there an error code the programme throws up when you get the message that it needs to close? I remember having trouble removing Windows Media in the past. If I recall correctly it installs as part of the OS, so it's not as straightforward to remove as normal applications. This may have changed since though. Let us know how you get on. Ciaran -----Original Message----- From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dónal Fitzpatrick Sent: 23 July 2013 12:07 To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Windows Media Player Problem Hi Paul, About the only thing I can think of here is to go to the Windows Media site and download the latest version. Then just do a reinstall. Cheers, Dónal On 23 Jul 2013, at 10:07, Paul Dromey <pdromey@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all. > > > > Windows Media Player has developed a problem in that it will not open. It > gives me the following message. > > > > Windows Media Player has stopped working. A problem caused the program to > stop working correctly. > > Windows Media Player will close the program and notify you if a solution is > available. > > > > Well, apparently no solution is available as I've closed and re-opened the > program a number of times with no change in the situation. This situation > has been ongoing for almost 24 hours so it appears it is not going to right > itself. > > > > Any thoughts as to how I might solve this? > > > > Thanks > > > > Paul > > > > > _____ > > I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> > . > SPAMfighter has removed 714 of my spam emails to date. > > Do you have a slow PC? <http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen> > Try a free scan! 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