Learn how to fix Windows Media Player not working while playing videos or music in Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10.

1. Fix: Windows Media Player Not Working
On Windows 10/8/8.1

2. Windows Media Player Not Working
 Learn how to fix Windows Media Player not working while playing videos or music in
Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10.
 Though there are a lot of free media player available for Windows, but users always gives
Windows Media Player highest priority.
 But, if your system video or music library is not according to what Windows Media Player
needs, you can get weird problems with it. In such cases, Windows Media Player not
working with the following message "Windows Media Player has stopped working"
 As you can see in the above shown picture, there is no clue at all that could help you to
solve this issue. Don't worry, because in this tutorial, I will show you how to fix Windows
Media Player has stopped working by running built-in troubleshooter.

3. How To Fix:
 Step 1. You open Troubleshooting from Control Panel. To do that, right-click at Start
button > Control Panel (View by Large icons) > click Troubleshooting.
 Step 2. In the Troubleshooting window, you click View all from the left side listed options.
 Step 3. Next, you look for Windows Media Player Library. Click it in order to launch
corresponding troubleshooter.
 Step 4. Moving on, you click Next to start the troubleshooting wizard.
 Step 5. Now, the troubleshooter will detect the problems what is causing Windows Media
Player not working error. In my case, it detected that Media library is corrupt. To fix the
problem, you just to click Apply this fix option.
 Step 6. Lastly, restart your computer and check if the Windows Media Player Not Working
error has solved.

4. In this method, whatever the root cause detected in your case, the suggested fix by
troubleshooter would put an end of this problem. If you have any other Windows 10 related
errors you can check for the solution in my Windows 10 tips section. Thank you for reading!
Source: http://howtoinstallwindows10.com/fix-windows-media-player-not-working-windows-
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