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