Windows Media Player 12, available as part of Windows 10*, plays more music and video than ever. Organize your digital media collection, sync digital media files to a portable device, shop online for digital media content, and more with Windows Media Player 12. Included in clean installs of Windows 10.

Media Player supports a wide variety of codecs. Most are included out of the box; some additional codecs can be installed from the Microsoft Store. Windows includes codecs that allow Media Player to play the following formats out of the box: Codec packs add additional codec support to Windows.

Windows Media Player is a built-in multimedia player that comes with Windows. While it is a reliable and widely used application, users may encounter errors and issues from time to time. This article aims to provide guidance on troubleshooting common Windows Media Player errors.

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This article lists resources that you can use to troubleshoot issues with Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 for Windows Vista, Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP, Windows Media Player 10, and earlier versions of Windows Media Player.

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When you try to play a media file by using Microsoft Windows Media Player, you receive the following error message: Cannot play back the file. The format is not supported. (Error=80040265) This issue may occur for one or more of the following reasons: One or more Windows Media Player files are missing or damaged.

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With Windows Media Player, if the appropriate codecs are installed on your computer, you can play audio content, video content, or both, that is compressed with a wide variety of codecs and that is stored in an .asf file.

This article describes how to determine the version of Windows Media Player currently installed on your PC. To determine the version of Windows Media Player, start Windows Media Player, click About Windows Media Player on the Help menu in and then note the version number below the Copyright notice.