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Have you ever had trouble with your Windows Media Player Vista installation? Sometimes you may experience error messages telling you that the program cannot find a certain file or opening the files may fail in another way. In addition, sometimes music files are listed more than once in your library. Some users can experience even more severe errors. This article aims to help the average user learn how to fix his or her problems with Windows Media Player Vista.

If your Media Player is failing to open certain files, you should check to make sure that the proper codec is installed for the type of media file that you are trying to access. Every single media file needs a certain codec to play back properly. Most of these codecs are readily available at certain sites on the internet. However, some users continue to encounter errors after installing the proper codecs. If this is a problem that you are encountering, checking the registry should be your next step. To perform this step, there is a vast array of registry cleaners available on the Internet. However, users should take caution to make sure that they do not download spy ware or malicious software while searching for this type of program.

In addition, many users will experience success through updating their Windows Media Player Vista installation. Updates generally bring security fixes, compatibility fixes, and overall improvements to the program. Installing these updates can help the program run much smoother. Microsoft has all of these updates available on their website. However, most Vista users will be able to update their Windows Media Player Vista directly from their operating system through the Windows Action Center.

If your media player library contains more than one copy of your files, you may need to delete a file called “wmplibrary.db”. This file is the file that contains all of the information for your Windows Media Player library. Deleting this file and then restarting Windows Media Player will allow the program to find your media files all over again. After it finishes you will no longer have duplicate files listed in your media library.

As you can see, repairing issues with your Windows Media Player is easy!

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