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windows media player and .flv

I have two laptops, I upgraded windows 10 on one of them and it plays .flv files, not problem.  I purchased a laptop with Windows 10 and I cannot play .flv files on windows media player.  I have checked my settings and everything looks the same between the two...  what can I do?

thanks.

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Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft community.

1. Do you get any error message?

Windows Media Player cannot play FLV files. You will need a third party FLV player to play these files or you will have to install the latest codecs pack
on your computer.

Refer this link for more information:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/codecs-frequently-asked-questions#codecs-frequently-asked-questions=windows-10

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Using Third Party Software, including hardware drivers can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Third Party Software can be solved. Using Third Party Software is at your own risk.

Hope this information helps.

Thnaks

Pavan N

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thank you for the link, but this does not help me.  I have already read the entire library. 

Can someone tell me what I need to do to play .flv files? 

I keep getting sent to websites that wont to scan my computer and then charge me a fee because they find issues.

This is a new computer, I just took it out of the box.  I have installed all updates.

Thank you for your help.

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Hi,

Are you able to play other file types using Windows Media Player apart from .flv?

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I have the same issue, I can play other type of video files.  I have some flash files in my computer but I cannot play them.  Hope someone can help.

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Hi,

Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

You may try other third party media player which are free for download by using the Bing search engine.

VLC media player is one of them.

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Thanks & Regards
Joy

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Last updated February 3, 2024 Views 2,217 Applies to: