Windows Media Player taking 90% cpu usage

[MLG The Canadian]

wmpplayer.exe*32 is taking upwards of 70% cpu usage, and wmpshare.exe*32 is taking 20-25 cpu usage.

I don't know why, but it spikes when I open chrome and or play any games. It's annoying.

Can I get rid of Windows Media Player? I never use it and it's a piece of shit.

 

[brandonwh64]

Is this the new media player? i use media player classic that comes with KLM codec pack and its small and simple

 

[MLG The Canadian]

Yeah, I'll try that. How do I uninstall the current version?

 

[brandonwh64]

You really dont, just download the newest KLM mega codec pack and then right click on your movie and tell it to play with media player classic from now on

 

[MLG The Canadian]

Yeah, but WMPplayer is running 24/7 regardless of if I even open it. It's not set to start with my PC and even if I close the task tree in the manager it pops right back up in my list and starts taking CPU power. I'm seeing SearchIndexer and SearchProtocolHost and SearchFilterHost by Microsoft also running 5 cpu each, I think it may be WMP indexing my folders and looking for shit to play.. i'm not sure. Are there no registry hacks to completely remove WMP?

 

[brandonwh64]

Yeah, but WMPplayer is running 24/7 regardless of if I even open it. It's not set to start with my PC and even if I close the task tree in the manager it pops right back up in my list and starts taking CPU power. I'm seeing SearchIndexer and SearchProtocolHost and SearchFilterHost by Microsoft also running 5 cpu each, I think it may be WMP indexing my folders and looking for shit to play.. i'm not sure. Are there no registry hacks to completely remove WMP?

EWW! that smells like malware or virus IMO. I have the newest media player on both my main and my work laptop and it doesn't run 24/7 like your saying. do a quick scan and if you cannot find anything then go to add/remove programs in control panel and see if its there if not click on add/remove windows components and see if its in there.

 

[LifeOnMars]

type features in start search box, click on "turn windows features on or off", untick media features box this includes - Windows DVD Maker, Windows Media Centre and Windows Media Player, finish off and it should ask you to reboot. Reboot, download media player classic. Problem gone

I always do this.

 

[Mussels]

sounds like bad codecs to me. uninstall any codec packs you have and install CCCP (its on CCCP.net)


CCCP is greatly preferred by many over Klite/KLM, due to it being more stable and not causing these kinds of problems.

 

[MLG The Canadian]

Check this out, someone having the same issue
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...ws-media-player-running-task-manager-all.html

Found a fix, it's the Gadget task, I ended it and it stopped WMP from opening randomly and using CPU usage.

I wonder why it's doing that though.. strange..

Thanks Mars, I'll try that. Maybe the classic doesn't have that "slide show gadget" thing that seems to be causing all of this.

 

[brandonwh64]

Oh so that gay tool gadget thing that windows vista and 7 have was making it run 24/7. that is the first thing i disable when i do a full install. i hate it. At one time when i did use that kind of stuff, i used rocket dock cause it was smaller and out of the way

http://rocketdock.com/

 

[Mussels]

damn, gadgets? no wonder, i disable those first thing.

 

[MLG The Canadian]

Yeah, I used Rocketdock last year when I was a rainmeter fanatic. Great program.

I did what Mars said to do, and it seemed to fix it.
It shouldn't run now right, the gadget thing I mean.

Thanks for the quick and easy help guys. This forum is so great.

 

[brandonwh64]

Your welcome!