Windows Media Player won't open

Hey. WMP just wont open, it crashes on launch...
I can't see why it was doing this, it was fine yesterday...
Any ideas?
thanks

Not sure about that James. I tried mine and it worked. To be honest there's a few bugs with WMP and it's sort of a necessary evil. I say sort of because there are alternatives.
You might try downloading the whole thing again and installing it (after trashing the version you have now) or try something I like better which is VLC.
It's a multimedia player that works well and can play a multitude of media files.

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Can you open it by the way below: Go to the folder: C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player, find the wmplayer.exe file and double click on it .
Did you try to disable Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center in Programs and Feartures, and then you may re-enable it.
Turn Windows features on or off:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Turn-Windows-features-on-or-off
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Use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833/en-us
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