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 supplementary 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 old one.
Invalid registry keys: Windows stores application settings in the registry. Every application has way to this registry, comprise third party applications. That's why registry settings tend to get corrupted over time. There is no easy by hand fix for this cause and an self-operating 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 take off the old stored settings in the registry. Reboot into safe mode and download the most recent 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 involved the windows system is by now. Luckily there are companies that study and produce easy and safe fixes. It is certainly worth a try.
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