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Article ID: 947541 - Last Review: September 27, 2011 - Revision: 8.0
Windows Media Player stops responding after you install a third-party product that registers its own version of the Wmp.dll file
When you install a third-party product that registers its own version of the Wmp.dll file on a Windows Vista-based computer. Windows Media Player stops responding.
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How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
To resolve this issue yourself, follow these steps:
- Log on as an administrator.
- Click Start, type cmd in the Start Search text box, right-click cmd.exe, click Run as administrator, and then click Continue.
- At the command prompt, type regsvr32 wmp.dll, and then click OK.
- Start Notepad.
- Paste the following text into Notepad:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA71-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.WMZ"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA72-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.AIFF"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA73-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.AU"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA74-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.MIDI"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA76-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.MP3"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA77-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.MP3"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA78-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.M3U"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA7B-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.WAV"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA83-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.WAX"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA84-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.WMA"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA88-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.AVI"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA89-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.MPEG"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA8F-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.ASX"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA90-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.ASX"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA92-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.ASF"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA93-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.ASX"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA94-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.WMV"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CD3AFA95-B84F-48F0-9393-7EDC34128127}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.WVX"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EE4DA6A4-8C52-4a63-BBB8-97C93D7E1B6C}\ProgID]
@="WMP11.AssocFile.WMD" - Save the file as VistaWMPFix.reg.
- Start Registry Editor.
- Click File, and then click Import.
- Select the VistaWMPFix.reg file that you created in step 6, and then click OK.
Check whether the problem is fixed by using Windows Media Player. If you can use Windows Media Player with no problems, you are finished with this article. If the problem is not fixed, you can
contact support
(http://support.microsoft.com/contactus)
.
APPLIES TO
- Windows Vista Enterprise
- Windows Vista Home Premium
- Windows Vista Home Basic
- Windows Vista Ultimate
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