Small media player no longer functions

Mrmars · 11-16-2005, 08:04 AM

The following is a problem I submitted to the Microsoft forum and have yet to fix the problem.

I keep quite an extensive collection of sound clips on my hard drive. When in
the folder where these files are stored I could highlight one and a small
media player would appear on the left hand side of the folder where I could
play these files from instead of double clicking the file and fully opening
Windows Media Player. Within the last few days this function has become
disabled. The player still appears but nothing happens when I click play.

~~whodat~~ · 11-16-2005, 02:05 PM

what version media player do you have and what virus/spy programs are installed on your computer?

Mrmars · 11-16-2005, 06:23 PM

Media player 9. McCafee anti virus & Microsoft Anti Spyware

~~whodat~~ · 11-17-2005, 02:26 AM

please run housecall from the link below then try ewido and spybot...update all first
post back

Mrmars · 11-17-2005, 07:08 AM

Ran housecall, no problems. Ran Spybot, 5 problems detected and removed. Do not want to download ewido as this is a work computer and it already runs McAfee corporate anti-virus software. Problem still present.

~~whodat~~ · 11-19-2005, 02:12 AM

try upgrading to media player 10 from here

11-16-2005, 08:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mrmars Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 247 OS: XP Home SP2	Small media player no longer functions The following is a problem I submitted to the Microsoft forum and have yet to fix the problem. I keep quite an extensive collection of sound clips on my hard drive. When in the folder where these files are stored I could highlight one and a small media player would appear on the left hand side of the folder where I could play these files from instead of double clicking the file and fully opening Windows Media Player. Within the last few days this function has become disabled. The player still appears but nothing happens when I click play. __________________ MrMars

11-16-2005, 06:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mrmars Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 247 OS: XP Home SP2	Media player 9. McCafee anti virus & Microsoft Anti Spyware __________________ MrMars

11-17-2005, 07:08 AM	#5 (permalink)
Mrmars Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 247 OS: XP Home SP2	Ran housecall, no problems. Ran Spybot, 5 problems detected and removed. Do not want to download ewido as this is a work computer and it already runs McAfee corporate anti-virus software. Problem still present. __________________ MrMars

11-16-2005, 02:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
~~whodat~~ Register user Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,931 OS: XP	what version media player do you have and what virus/spy programs are installed on your computer?

11-17-2005, 02:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
~~whodat~~ Register user Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,931 OS: XP	please run housecall from the link below then try ewido and spybot...update all first post back

11-19-2005, 02:12 AM	#6 (permalink)
~~whodat~~ Register user Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,931 OS: XP	try upgrading to media player 10 from here