The problem with non-stopped playback should mean a driver is locking up on
you, probably your sound card driver. Has your sound card provider released
a driver update?

That non-showing of UI should mean your wmploc.dll is a funky version. If
you reinstall WMP from http://www.windowsmedia.com/download , I would
believe that this problem would go away.

-Zach
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"Woodlark girl" <Woodlark girl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am using Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646
> I am running Windows XP Professional 5.1 Service Pack 2
>
> I got a new computer last week which has this version of WMP on it (Old
> computer also had WMP which worked fine, but not sure which version it
> was).
> I can't get the mini mode to work. When I minimise media player it
> minimises
> to a taskbar with all the playback buttons greyed out so I can't use them.
> It
> also does not display the current track when I wave my mouse over it. How
> do
> I make it do this?
>
> I have followed the instructions in "help" (switch between display modes)
> and the windows media player toolbar is turned on in the windows taskbar,
> and
> I have restarted my computer. This has made no difference.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Also, when I switch windows media player off (click the red cross in the
> top
> right corner) my music keeps playing for some reason - this didn't happen
> on
> my old computer - any idea how I can get my music to stop when I switch
> media
> player off?
>
> Thanks
> Lucy