Ever since getting version 5 of Malwarebytes on my Windows 11 system, Windows Media Player Legacy (v12) won't play .mp3, mp4 or other any media files.
I eventually get "not responding" in the media player, and also get one or both of the following errors ... "The RPC server is unavailable / The remote procedure call failed"
If I shutdown MB, the legacy WMP works like it used to with MB 4.xxxx
I dual boot and have a clean image of Windows 11 that also has MB 5 with the same results
RPC services are running, and I've tried all suggested built in Windows troubleshooters, removed and re-adding media player
The new media player works, as does VLC, but I'm one of many that prefer the old WMP
Wondering of anyone else has run across the same issue and found a solution ?
thanks for listening
Malwarebytes version 5.1.4.112
Update package version 1.0.84723
Component package version 1.0.1233
Microsoft Windows Home
Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.3593)
Windows Media Player Legacy
Version:12.0.22621.3593