Computer Question

[Lucky Luciano]

My Windows Media Player automatically closes a quarter second after opening it - actually, I don't think it opens at all...also the icon for it turned into a standard non-descript symbol...Any ideas on how to fix this?? I can't download the news and what not that are posted here or elsewhere.

Thanks

[kalian]

1. Re-install it....

It might have gotten pooched.
You might have clicked on some video that had the MS media player
exploit and your anti-virus program quarantined the executable.
Re-installing it should return it back to normal.

[Lou_C]

2. My media player is messed up also

It use to come up as a screen and now it comes up as a little round gadget.

[oostevo]

4. You're in reduced (minimized?) mode.

There should be a button somewhere (sometimes detached, in the lower-right) that will allow you to to back to normal mode.

[Lou_C]

6. What does the button look like?

:shrug:

[TOhioLiberal]

3. mine keeps getting spyware'd

click on the icon and spyware installs itself...deleted it, now using Winamp 5

[belladonna]

5. Windows Media Player sucks, but if you must have it

My daughter's did the same thing not long ago, and it turned out to be a nasty little virus named pup.exe that was responsible. Might want to check and make sure you don't have it.