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Windows Media Player and WMV File Visualization Problem

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I have Windows Vista Ultimate with Windows Media Player 11. When I double click on a wmv, mpeg etc file the Media Player plays the sound the player does not open so that I can see the visualization. If I double click on Media Player and open it either before or after clicking on the wmv file I get the sound and visualization. How do I fix this?

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by jesuitcole

RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, clear the Windows Media Player database. To do this, follow these steps:1. Exit Windows Media Player.
2. For Windows XP:

Click Start, click Run, type %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player, and then click OK.

For Windows Vista:

Click Start, click Run, type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player, and then click OK.
3. Select all the files in the folder, and then click Delete on the File menu.

Note You do not have to delete the folders that are in this folder.
4. Restart Windows Media Player.

Note Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.

by rlefever

Dank U. Merci Beaucoups! This does work. The only problem I had was in clearing the database file. I was not allowed to delete it because it was in use by another program. I went to the Task Manager and under the second tab for processes I stopped all three media player processes that were running and I was able to delete the database file which took care of the problem.

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