How To Fix Windows 7 - Windows Media Player Stopped Working
How To Fix Windows 7 - Windows Media Player Stopped Working
Does windows media player crashes and gives you an generic 'windows media player stopped working' error message without any further information? Well, read on and you will learn what can cause this error, how to fix it manually and what precautions you can take in order to get this kind of errors less frequent in the future
Possible causes of the windows media player stopped working error
Possible causes of this error can be:
Corrupt shared dependency (WMP.DLL): This dynamic link library is responsible for playback. If the versions of this DLL is outdate for any reason, crashes like the windows media player has stopped working can occur.
Corrupt WMPDXM.DLL: Corruption of this DLL has the same consequences as the previous one.
Invalid registry keys: Windows stores application settings in the registry. Every application has access to this registry, include third party applications. That's why registry settings tend to get corrupted over time. There is no easy manual fix for this cause and an automatic cleaner is recommended.
How to fix it manually
Fixing it manually is pretty simple if the cause is one of the shared dependencies. Just uninstall windows media player. After that make sure to run a system cleaner to remove the old stored settings in the registry. Reboot into safe mode and download the latest version of windows media player. Reinstall it and you should no longer the 'wmp has stopped working error'.
Fixing it automatically
You should try a system optimizer to fix it automatically. I'm sure that you know how complex the windows system is by now. Luckily there are companies that research and produce easy and safe fixes. It is really worth a try.