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We recommend you move to a Windows 10 PC to continue to receive security updates from Microsoft.
VLC Media Player When the Movies & TV app doesn’t play your content, the first free media player most Windows users will download is VLC Media Player. It remains one of the most well known and arguably best media players available for any platform, including Windows. Windows Media Player on Windows 10: Success! If you've been missing Windows Media Player in your life, hopefully you've now been able to install it on your system. Microsoft may remove support for it entirely in the future, but for now it's here to stay.
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Play a CD or DVD in Windows Media Player
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If Windows Media Player stopped working correctly after the latest updates from Windows Update, you can verify that the updates are the problem by using System Restore. To do this:
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Select the Start button, and then type system restore.
Select Create a restore point, and then in the System Properties pane, select System Restore.
Follow the prompts to select the restore point just before the round of updates that seemed to trigger the problem. Then run the system restore process. (This takes a while.)
After your system is restored to the earlier configuration, check to see whether Windows Media Player runs correctly again.
For advanced video features like 4K, you might also want to try Microsoft Movies & TV. To download this for free from Microsoft Store, go to Movies & TV and select Get.
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