re: Question about 'How do I reset the Windows Media Player video cache?' Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 9:26 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by aladdine (1 messages posted) Hey, I had a similar problem and I deleted a lot of movies I had downloaded, because I was getting the "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close etc." error message whenever I tried to access the files. only VCL player managed to open them. but I did what you said and it worked! I can now see them with Windows Media Player. Thanks, Derek! On Friday, December 31, 2004 at 7:57 am, Derek wrote: >The problem is with the Codec's you have installed. (I was having the same problem >and just found the fix) >Do a search for either of these files "mcspmpeg.ax" or "mpeg2dmx.ax" , Rename them >to "mcspmpeg.ax.bak" and "mpeg2dmx.ax.bak" and try your videos again. It should fix >the problem. If you need to ressurect this file, just change it back. Written in response to: re: Question about 'How do I reset the Windows Media Player video cache?' (Derek: Friday, December 31, 2004 at 7:57 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'How do I reset the Windows Media Player video cache?' (Josh Isley: Wed, Oct 20, 2004, 3:35 pm) re: Question about 'How do I reset the Windows Media Player video cache?' (Josh Isley: Sat, Nov 6, 2004, 8:07 am) re: Question about 'How do I reset the Windows Media Player video cache?' (Derek: Fri, Dec 31, 2004, 7:57 am) re: Question about 'How do I reset the Windows Media Player video cache?' (aladdine: Thu, Feb 22, 2007, 9:26 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum