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Also, while it is open, it keeps dominating the pc control by making it the active application every few seconds. If I go to another window it soon reverts back to WMP as the active application.
This is a new computer. It didn't happen at first, but started happening a few days after installing iTunes. I realized I was still running Vista SP1 so I downloaded and installed SP2. It ran for a while ok then after a few hours of running the WMP began opening again.
sometime it starts at startup, and sometime it starts after the computer is up and running. The last time it began happening I was in the middle of another windows software update and was not actively working on the computer. Just letting the update run.
It won't let me disable it with the task manager either. As soon as I stop the application it opens right back up again.
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Hello MikeNevers,
Thank you for your post.
Click 'Start' >Type Services in the search box
Click 'Services' with the gear icon
On the left, find the service for (Windows Media Player)
Double-click the service, and change the startup type from Automatic to Manual.
Please let us know if this did or didn't help to resolve your problem.
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I searched my documents and settings map for viruses with the lastest AVG free version and it came up with a trojan horse infection and moved it to the vault. This solved the popping up of WMP :D!
Furthermore the trojan was named "Trojan horse Agent2.BMMK"
Cheers and I hope this was helpfull to some ^^
EDIT: I also have the Lycosa keyboard but have never had a problem with the WMP pop-ups until today. Might have been the keyboard but then again everything went fine after the removal of the trojan.
As with others that have posted here, my WMP is a serious problem for me. It hijacks my machine at ramdom times. This problem started with one of the June patches. I tried to uninstall the program but I can't find it! It is not listed under the Windows Features. In fact I have no Media Features under my Windows Features.
Thanks for any assistance you can provide.
This did not work.
Startup type is already set to manual. WMP 's ehrecvr.exe just starts hogging resources for no reason and hijacks the PC maiking it unusable.
I too think it's a keyboard problem. Up until a week ago, I never had this problem. I was using a Logitech G15 keyboard. I decided to purchase a Razer Lycosa and it started happening almost immediately after I installed the new keyboard. It's exactly like everyone describes. WMP forces itself as the active application, rendering the computer useless. Also, after messing with it a while, I eventually cannot use certain keys on the keyboard. If I plug in my old keyboard, it works fine. Sometimes I'm lucky and WMP just hangs out minimized at the bottom without forcing itself. But other times I have to reboot. Have tried going into services and disabling, but its not working. Tried updating my keyboard drivers but that's not solved it either. Thinking about returning the keyboard which really bums me out! I am on Windows Vista and so far as I can tell, there is no way to uninstall WMP.
