Susanne posted a while back about a problem with Windows Media Player on Vista where the music continues to play even after you have closed the program
I’d noticed the same thing on my computer at home so just got into the habit of stopping whatever i was listening to before i closed
I was reading through the latest technet flash when i found this KB article.
Here is the solution they offer
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem when it occurs, follow these steps to shut down Windows Media Player:
| 1. | Press CTRL+ALT+DEL. |
| 2. | Click Start Task Manager. |
| 3. | Click the Processes tab. |
| 4. | Click the wmplayer.exe process. |
| 5. | Click End Processes, and then click End process. |
Well duh!
Not really all that helpful but at least they have acknowledged there is a problem. Hopefully we’ll see a fix sometime soon
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Its actually designed to be a feature in Vista.
In XP a user was asked if they meant to close WMP which COULD be set to DO NOT ASK. Although in vista they changed this so now when you close it purposefully or accidentally the music or video keeps playing.
Pro’s: accidental closure is prevented
MWP can be closed freeing up space on the start bar.
opps hit tab to go down a line but actually changed to submit comment.
to continue…
a user can stop stop or pause a song or video close WMP and when reopened later the media is in the same spot where left it means you can watch a video in peices over an extended period of time without having WMP in your bottom bar the entire time.
COn’s: remembering to stop the music before you close it takes a bit of getting used to.
It uses CPu processing power when not in use. about 0.06% of what vista uses normally so not to mch to worry about.
I hope that was sarcasm, because that is no way a feature. If it was, there would be a balloon pop-up when you closed WMP, or least option devoted to this feature. It’s definitely very annoying to say the least and I remember stumbling across this problem when I first experimented with Vista about a year ago. It is truly amazing that no fix has been developed during this time.
I can understand why it’s a “feature” but i would rather there was some option that allowed you to change the behaviour