error message 80040154

What are you attempting to play at the time? If an AVI file then it is
possible that you do not have the correct codec installed that is required
to decode the content..

From ZachD's helpful web site (Zach is one of the Microsoft Windows media
developers) http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html:

Q: I'm getting error 0x80040154 when trying to play content?
Q: I'm getting the message "Class Not Registered" trying to play back
content ... ?
Q: I'm getting "No such interface supported" (0x80004002) when trying to
play back content...

A: This error means that information needed to load the next component in
the playback chain is not present.

If you're generally getting this error (against most content and not only
against AVI files), you will need to reinstall WMP7 (on top of the
existing install) in Reinstall All mode (the second checkbox on the
options list during install).
<snip>
If you are on Win2K or WinMe ... you will have to use the WMP7 installer
to fix this issue.
<snip>
For Windows Media Player 9 Series, you can simply reinstall the player on
top of itself.

If you are only getting this error for specific AVI content, that means
that you have a bad version of the AVI codec that that files uses. Figure
out which codec that file uses and reinstall the codec from the codec
vendor's web site.

Finally, running dxdiag.exe (should already be on your system) may be
helpful, since it'll make sure that DirectX is working properly. In some
cases a broken DirectX install has caused this error.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mike.maltby.DeleteThis@gmail.com


sue <sue.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I get e-mail that requires media player, but error message appears
> and can't do anything-any suggestions???