Windows Media Player launching continuously

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Ivrin Posted messages 21 Status Membre -  
 Anonymous user -
Hello,

I bought a computer in early July and I've been having a problem with Windows Media Player since then. The software launches by itself without me telling it to. It just opens on its own, and when I close it, it immediately reopens! When I switch to another application, the Windows Media Player window comes to the front, making my computer unusable. I want to clarify that my Windows is genuine (official Microsoft key, not OEM) and my antivirus is up-to-date (Avast! Internet Security, paid antivirus...).
Fortunately, this doesn't happen all the time, and after a certain amount of time clicking "Close," it finally shuts down and doesn't reopen. Except since this morning (I made a video), I had to restart my computer. I'll post the video later.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Video >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pwjlv0aX44

Configuration: Windows 7 / Firefox 5.0.1

2 réponses

Anonymous user
 
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Have you tried the other two suggestions?
Try this as well:
Go to the Control Panel, display icons, Programs and Features, on the left, turn Windows features on or off, click the + in front of Multimedia features, uncheck WMP, OK.
Restart, run a CCleaner cleanup: https://www.commentcamarche.net/telecharger/utilitaires/5647-ccleaner/
During the installation, check only for a desktop icon, nothing else.
Launch it by right-clicking, Run as Administrator.
It's preconfigured, don't change anything, click Scan==> Clean, then Registry==> Fix all errors, make the requested backup.
Repeat the two actions until it finds nothing.
Restart, go back to Windows features and check WMP again, it will reinstall, see what that does.
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Ivrin Posted messages 21 Status Membre
 
I just did everything you said, it went very well and for now Windows Media Player doesn't open unless I ask it to. If the problem comes back, I'll do the same thing, without reactivating Windows Media Player.
Thank you very much for your help!
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Anonymous user
 
RE
No problem, there was certainly a registry key that must have remained after an update of WMP.
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Anonymous user
 
Hello
Try stopping it in the Applications tab and ending the task in the Task Manager.
Check if there is an update to be done: Click on the question mark.
Press Windows + R, type: msconfig, OK, in the Startup tab, check if WMP is present, uncheck it.
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Ivrin Posted messages 21 Status Membre
 
No, it's not there. But I just thought of something. Since I absolutely no longer use Windows Media Player, I can disable it, right? I use VLC to play videos and so on...
Thank you very much for your quick response, lacharpente! :)
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