Windows media player: "Server execution failed"

[Mouse droidz 21]

This is an ongoing annoyance I am having to deal with in Windows media player. Sometimes when I listen to a song and then close the application and choose another song to play I have to wait 5 minutes just for windows to show such a pathetic excuse of an error "Server execution failed"

if I end media's background process in task manager when this happens, I have to restart my computer just so this piece of stuff can open again. If I go into the main app by searching for it in the start menu then it will crash upon opening it

I have windows 10. What the hell is going on?

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[Meta_KnightX]

Why not use that other music app Windows 10 comes with

I forget the name

[Mouse droidz 21]

Why not use that other music app Windows 10 comes with

I forget the name

it's not good, I tried it and it wasn't fast at all and I didn't like it

[Meta_KnightX]

Hm, I thought it was good and fast.
With opinions, it still should be pretty fast. I don't see what is slow with it.

[McJob]

It's an odd failure which I used to have, which basically translates to "I can't access this file right now."

Unfortunately, the reasons it might happen are quite varied and hard to diagnose (it might be because the WMP service is trying to close and basically gets confused, or because of an install problem). There's two solutions I can offer;

1) Services -> Scroll to find "Windows Media Player Network Sharing" -> Right-Click and select "Restart" -> Restart your computer
2) Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off -> Uncheck "Media Features" -> Restart your computer -> Recheck "Windows Media Player" under "Media Features"

I found some other solutions in this Bleeping Computer thread if those don't work for you. Hopefully something helps.

[Kochieboy]

It's an odd failure which I used to have, which basically translates to "I can't access this file right now."

Unfortunately, the reasons it might happen are quite varied and hard to diagnose (it might be because the WMP service is trying to close and basically gets confused, or because of an install problem). There's two solutions I can offer;

1) Services -> Scroll to find "Windows Media Player Network Sharing" -> Right-Click and select "Restart" -> Restart your computer
2) Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off -> Uncheck "Media Features" -> Restart your computer -> Recheck "Windows Media Player" under "Media Features"

I found some other solutions in this Bleeping Computer thread if those don't work for you. Hopefully something helps.

This, it usually happens if you open a file too fast or something. Either that or you have a forgeted up hard drive.