Windows Media Player crashes on startup after CPU upgrade

Posted by NathanE on Super User See other posts from Super User or by NathanE
Published on 2010-05-10T21:03:35Z Indexed on 2010/05/10 21:04 UTC
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I upgraded my CPU, reactivated Windows Vista etc.

But WMP has stopped working. It just crashes almost immediately after starting up.

If I look in Event Viewer it mentions the source as being "Indiv01.key". I have searched my OS drive for this file but it does not exist anywhere.

Some Googling has revealed it seems to be a common problem and that it is DRM related. Though there doesn't seem to be any concrete solution.

Any ideas? Thanks!

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