Invisible WMP 11

OS - Vista SP1
WMP11 = 11.0.6001.7000

Just opened a video, from Outlook (yes, from a safe sender). I could hear
the sound, but did not see the video or the player running. Opened WMP11
manually and video was playing. After I finished watching it, I closed WMP11.
The player closed but the audio continued in the background. I had to close
WMP from the Task Manager to get it to stop. Any idea what's going on here
and what I do to fix it?

Thanks.

zachd
Fri May 09 09:52:29 PDT 2008


Or press Stop...

This should indicate that there's a live reference count on the player
(proably be a plugged in device) that is preventing full shutdown.

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"ogman" <ogman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> OS - Vista SP1
> WMP11 = 11.0.6001.7000
>
> Just opened a video, from Outlook (yes, from a safe sender). I could hear
> the sound, but did not see the video or the player running. Opened WMP11
> manually and video was playing. After I finished watching it, I closed
> WMP11.
> The player closed but the audio continued in the background. I had to
> close
> WMP from the Task Manager to get it to stop. Any idea what's going on here
> and what I do to fix it?
>
> Thanks.