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I just upgrade to WMP 10 and whenever I click on a AVI file, it will shut dow window explorer. The file will still play on in WMP though. I tried to right click and choose Divx as the default player but after window restart, it's still have Sivx as the default player. What can I do to disable or delete WMP from my system? I have window XP SP2 on AMD 2600
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reported Explorer terminating when an AVI is opened after the WMP upgrade; suggested removing Windows components and posted an external link that didn’t help, while confirms the problem persists. The behaviour you describe (Explorer closes but the movie still plays) commonly points to a shell-extension or codec/thumbnail handler crashing Explorer, not WMP itself.

Collect diagnostic info first: open Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) and look in the Application log for the Explorer.exe error at the crash time — note the “Faulting module” name and error code. Test the same AVI from a new Windows user account and in Safe Mode; if Explorer is stable there, a third‑party shell extension or per‑user setting is the likely culprit.

Use a shell-extension manager to isolate the bad extension: download ShellExView (https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html), sort by company, disable non‑Microsoft shell handlers (thumbnailers/preview handlers) and restart Explorer. Re-enable items one at a time until the crash returns to find the offender. If the faulting module in Event Viewer identifies a codec (DivX, ffdshow, etc.), uninstall or update that codec package from Control Panel and reboot.

If removing the bad codec/extension isn’t feasible, use a player that bundles its own decoders (e.g., VLC: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/) and set its file associations (or change .avi via Folder Options > File Types). Back up the registry and create a System Restore point before uninstalling codecs, editing associations, or removing Windows components. If Event Viewer shows a Microsoft module as the fault, reinstalling/updating Windows Media Player or applying Windows updates is the safer route than forcibly deleting system components.

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go to add or remove programs

select add / remove windows components, rest is self explanatory

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Nope, answer's not there.

Ihave the same problem btw.

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