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Failed to start server - Everything & Windows Media Player
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 1:49 pm
by Stamimail
Everything often faild to run a file and send it to Windows Media Player (default player)
A while after pressing Enter on an audio/video file, I'm getting this:
Running from within Explorer works.
Re: Failed to start server - Everything & Windows Media Player
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 7:21 pm
by therube
What OS?
What version of WMP?
No clue?
https://www.google.com/search?q=file+se ... jwTYhYPwAw
First hit seems simple enough (though I don't know the ramifications of running, though if it doesn't help, you can always unregister those dlls):
http://www.teamtownend.com/2011/03/fix- ... ia-player/
(Seem to recall, something, from days of old, where Windows would "hold open" certain media files, forgot why ? maybe to scan for tags or some such, & if it hit a file that was "awkward", there could be a delay...?)