Windows Media Player 11

I have been using Windows Media Player 11 for playing videos, mostly incoming from friends.
Whwn the file wmv. file is received, and opened , the picture or screen automatically goes to full screen mode, where I cannot see the controls to pause or stop the file.When the video has ended, the last frame of the video freezes, does not return to the Windows Media Home,and just locks in place. Regardless of entering alt-control-delete function, to end the task,the video frame just refuses to terminate the process and return home. I conclude that I must be incorrectly setting the options for running the player in a mini-mode sso that I can see the controls. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you,

Greg Warren
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