Windows Media Player: Won't quit

[JWNGator]

The video is "nVidia NVS 140M". The latest driver version on Lenovo's site is
6.15.11.0145. I have also found two other driver versions: 6.15.11.7482 and
6.15.11.7570. All three of these driver versions behave the same way
(wmplayer does not close with SP1).

The audio is "SoundMax Integrated Digital HD Audio". The latest driver
version is 6.10.1.5510. I have also tried removing the driver from ADI
(uninstall SoundMax) and using the MS provided base driver (6.0.6000.16386),
as well as disabling the audio device. In all three cases the error still
happens.

Do you think it is odd that this behavior only happens if WMP is opened by
double-clicking a media file? If I use the start menu and then open the media
file, the problem doesn't happen!

Thanks for the help.

 

[Nonny]

Hello All,

I'm running Windows XP Service pack 2 and have the same problem with
WMP 10.00.00.4058

Then maybe you should ask your question in an XP group. This is a
Vista group.

 

[GeekBoy]

I use a Dell XPS M1330 and developed the problem after a while. After
reading the thread and disabling the Media Centre my problem was not
solved but with the concept that another application kept it running I
was eventually able to trace it to a driver/software i installed called
"Dell Premium Remote Control" which kept Windows Media Player running in
the background (and if media player process was killed in task manager
it would relaunch it).

It also prevented the mini player from showing on the task bar when
launching a file by double-clicking on an mp3 (etc) which would play but
would not show in the task bar until I would manually relaunch the
player while the song was playing from the speakers. Bottom line, if any
of the above methods don't work for you try to locate a process or
processes by way of elimination that may be relaunching the player in
the background.

Well I have Retail Ultimate and I still have the same problem.