Windows Media Player opens by itself!?!?!!!?

Question

Okay, this has been bugging me for the longest time!!! Every once in awhile, about one or two times every other day or so, the Windows Media Player will open up BY ITSELF!!!! It's so frusterating because it lags my computer!!! It's making me go insane because I just DON'T GET IT! I DID NOT OPEN IT! Why is it opening BY ITSELF!?!

Answer 1

Either its like the first two answers said.

Start Up folder within your user account, or all users.

Entry in your registry, "run". If I remember correctly its:

HKCurrent User, or HKLocal Machine-Software-

Microsoft-Windows-Current Version-then the "run"

folder might be found there. You might need to check one of the "policies" folders.

You'll know it when you see it. there will be an entry saying "Media Player" or "WMP" with a value saying something like "auto run" or something commanding it to run every time some other action takes place. Or every instance in which something else runs.



First you should run your W Media Player and check within it's options or preferences, maybe there's a setting that you can change. One thats currently set, causing it to do this.

Answer 2

u might be accidentally clicking it on quick start when trying to get start menu



it been placed to the registry to auto run at a certain time



its in the auto start folder



a virus has written in to registry to auto run it

Answer 3

Maybe there's a virus just like an adware.. try scanning your computer with antivirus.. .. the best is LAVASOFT AD-AWARE 2007..... it works.

Answer 4

if its on startup....... just delete it in the startup entry

its in the startmenu.....all programs......startup right click mediaplayer icon then delete

Answer 5

dont use the mediaplayer!!..

try

winamp for your musicfiles and

GOMplayer for all your vids!!...