Windows Media Player will not open when clicking on internet links to Videos?

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Heather S

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Have Windows Media player 11 and I have Internet Explorer 8. My Windows Media Player Is up to date and my media player I set as my default media player. My problem happened all of a sudden just out of the blue. My WMP will play files that I have hard downloaded I can stick in DVDS and play them also. My only problem is when I click on Internet links which forces the media player to open up. Only error code I get from IE sometimes just 403. Other times it will just do nothing. Not for sure what the problem is. I have looked and looked but cannot seem to find what is possibly causing the problem. Also my MCAFEE anti-virus is up to date and working properly so it shouldn't be a spyware or virus problem.
THX Taufiqur I understand what you saying but the only thing to that one is that some of the links I click require wmp tobe played
 
You can set firefox to open with WMP rather than quicktime...

As for the linked video error, you might want to try downloading them by right clicking the link and hitting save to see if it clears your problem... Ive had many problems on my XP version with some videos and windows media player, because of some weird codecs and things, its pretty complicated.

Your best bet is either to deal with quicktime (its not too bad) or download.
 
i don't use windows media player or internet explorer too much.i prefer to use mozilla firefox as my web browser and if i watch a video online i just go to youtube.com.
 
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