On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:40:53 +0100, v_verno <v_verno@tin.it> wrote:

Sorry to send again this message but till now have not see any reply
and cannot believe that nobody is able to help me.
tks in advance and merry xmas to all
bye


>Have a problem with WMP 10.00.00.3802 (italian) installed on WinXpHome
>SP2 (italian) with all patches installed except the 896688 and the
>905749. The problem is that WMP is unable to play any file, not even a
>cd audio. If I open WMP I can do any operation except play a file.
>When I click on play it closes without any error message.
>Have already reinstalled WinXp (and all the patches) over the previous
>installation, installed WMP 9 and then again the 10, deleted manually
>all the directories where WMP stores the files and installed again,
>registered manually the codec, etc.. etc.. but .. nothing.
>All other players (WinAmp, the one supplied with the video card,
>etc..) are ok. The only one that doesn't work (but do not care since
>has been installed only for test) is the Media Player Classic
>(http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/) which says that there is
>a problem with the codecs and that they cannot be downloaded.
>Two additional infos :
>- GSPOT says that all codecs are ok and installed
>- if i try to play a video I see the video but no audio at all (and
>have tried with .avi files that in the past were ok).
>
>I suspect something wrong in the registry file but, where ?
>Any idea how to solve the problem ?
>Pls, do not suggest me to use another player, I do not want to do it.
>
>tks in advance, regards
>Valerio

I couldn't really make sense of your communication... *tries to read it
again*

That part where you "deleted manually all the directories where WMP stores
the files" is so incredibly bad that I can't really start to want to deal
with your system. Don't ever do that.

I don't know what codecs you manually registered. That statement doesn't
make any sense, really.

If WMP is closing on file open, I'm presuming it's quietly crashing on some
driver issue(?) and that perhaps running dxdiag.exe might be a good thing
for you to try.

If you want actual support, try actual support-
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#psssupport
This is a peer community where you get back what you give in. =)

-Zach
--
(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"v_verno" <v_verno@tin.it> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:40:53 +0100, v_verno <v_verno@tin.it> wrote:
>
> Sorry to send again this message but till now have not see any reply
> and cannot believe that nobody is able to help me.
> tks in advance and merry xmas to all
> bye
>
>
>>Have a problem with WMP 10.00.00.3802 (italian) installed on WinXpHome
>>SP2 (italian) with all patches installed except the 896688 and the
>>905749. The problem is that WMP is unable to play any file, not even a
>>cd audio. If I open WMP I can do any operation except play a file.
>>When I click on play it closes without any error message.
>>Have already reinstalled WinXp (and all the patches) over the previous
>>installation, installed WMP 9 and then again the 10, deleted manually
>>all the directories where WMP stores the files and installed again,
>>registered manually the codec, etc.. etc.. but .. nothing.
>>All other players (WinAmp, the one supplied with the video card,
>>etc..) are ok. The only one that doesn't work (but do not care since
>>has been installed only for test) is the Media Player Classic
>>(http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/) which says that there is
>>a problem with the codecs and that they cannot be downloaded.
>>Two additional infos :
>>- GSPOT says that all codecs are ok and installed
>>- if i try to play a video I see the video but no audio at all (and
>>have tried with .avi files that in the past were ok).
>>
>>I suspect something wrong in the registry file but, where ?
>>Any idea how to solve the problem ?
>>Pls, do not suggest me to use another player, I do not want to do it.
>>
>>tks in advance, regards
>>Valerio

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 05:32:21 -0800, "zachd [ms]"
<zachd@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> wrote:

Hi Zach,

>I couldn't really make sense of your communication... *tries to read it
>again*
Well, can be. Maybe the meaning of some sentences is clear only to me
because I know what I did. Sorry for that.

>That part where you "deleted manually all the directories where WMP stores
>the files" is so incredibly bad
I know, it is not nice to delete directories because maybe win gets
confused but have reinstalled WMP many times and, at the end, have
tried also this option. Do not remember exactly what have deleted (it
was many days ago) but for sure have deleted the c:\Programmi\Windows
Media Player (Programmi is the 'Program Files' in the italian XP)

>I don't know what codecs you manually registered. That statement doesn't
>make any sense, really.
I have googled a lot before sending this message because usually i'm
able to solve all the problems by myself (are now more than 20 years
that i use the pc and never had the need of a technician) and in some
places suggested to register again some codecs manually using the
command REGSVR32. This is what i have done (i'm no so crazy to create
manually all the entries in the registry)

>If WMP is closing on file open, I'm presuming it's quietly crashing on some
>driver issue(?)
I think the same. The problem is how to find the driver involved and
how to fix the issue. My doubt is that something in the registry has
been deleted by one of the utilities used to clean the registry.

>> and that perhaps running dxdiag.exe might be a good thing
already done. No problems found, all tests passed.


>If you want actual support, try actual support-
> http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#psssupport
OK, i will try.
Tks for the help.
merry xmas
regards