Windows media player crashes on opening

Hi
I installed WMP in Snow leopard and ran a wmv file and it ran fine.Again when I reboot, the windows media player quits unexpectedly in my snow leopard. I have tried installing it 3-4 times and every time the same thing happens.This is the message in the report.
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS at 0x00000000696e674a
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Seems like the wmv file corrupts the player.
Pls help.Thanks.

why are you using windows media player? it's deprecated and its support and development has been dropped for many years. if you need to run .wmv files install Flip4Mac or Perian plugins for QT player and use that. or use VLC player.

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