[Fixed] Windows 7 Media Player Errors With Fix WMP

Trouble:

Many of Windows 7 users are facing problems with Windows Media Player. Some of these errors can be because of Missing Codecs or bad configuration or wrong settings etc.

Before trying the fixes in this article, we recommend that you install one of the  Codes given in this post – Windows 7 Complete Codecs Collection

If your Windows Media Player is still giving you errors and is not running correctly, see the fixers below.

Fix:

There is one automatic tool and some manual commands to fix the common Media Player Errors, we have listed both methods below:

Fix Media Player Automatically With Fix WMP Tool

Fix WMP is a free utility by The Windows Club, this will re-register all the dll files which are needed for Windows Media Player to work properly. This simple means that your Windows Media Player will become just like freshly installed copy of Windows Media Player and this will fix the errors of Windows Media Player.

This is a very small and simple utility with no fancy options, just one simple click and the problem gets fixed.

[Download Fix WMP Utility]

Fix Media Player By Manually Resetting WMP Configuration in Windows 7

To fix manually, you need to reset three settings on Windows 7:

Reset Windows Media Player Configuration options:

1. Open the run prompt by pressing “Window Key + R” together

2. Type “msdt.exe -id WindowsMediaPlayerConfigurationDiagnostic” and press enter, this will open Configuration Diagnostic Window and will give you option to reset the WMP config

Reset Windows Media Player Library Options

1. Open the run prompt by pressing “Window Key + R” together

2. Type “msdt.exe -id WindowsMediaPlayerLibraryDiagnostic” and press enter, this will open Configuration Diagnostic Window and will give you option to reset the WMP Library options

Reset Windows Media Player DVD Options

1. Open the run prompt by pressing “Window Key + R” together

2. Type “msdt.exe -id WindowsMediaPlayerDVDDiagnostic” and press enter, this will open Configuration Diagnostic Window and will give you option to fix the WMP DVD options

After these three fixes, your Windows Media Player will run like new.

Author + Admin: Abhishek Bhatnagar
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