If you download the file and play it, does it work then?

What version of IE are you using?

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"belle" <belle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:37D7C9F8-439C-429C-8752-887CE97E6FB9@microsoft.com...
> This is on my work computer and it actually worked friday afternoon and
> stopped working right before I left for the day. The last thing I played
> on
> it was some trans siberian orchestra from the official site. I am running
> windows 2000 professional.
>
> When I click on a media link that would normally open the wmp, it
> does--however, it instantly closes. No error message is displayed, it
> just
> closes. The same thing occurs with embedded wm files on websites. I will
> go
> to the site and the browser window will close. No error message.
>
> I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the player. I can't really find
> anything in troubleshooting because there is no error code, it just
> closes.
>
> Any idea?