How do you handle the 'Server execution failed' Windows Media Player error?

When you try to play a movie using Windows Media Player, or double click a movie file with Windows Media Player as your default, you will see this error.

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The reason may be that the Windows Movie Player process is still active. You can see this in the Task Manager as shown.

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Highlight this process in Task Manager and cclick End Process.

Now if you double click Windows Media Player or a .mp4 file you should see it starting.


The same kind of problems used to happen while opening a Mozilla Browser. I have not been using the browser recently.