I checked the Event Viewer and obviously found a bunch of informational entries, and some error codes - but looking at those codes, I didn't find any that seemed to deal with VLC specifically. There was an error while transferring the data to the FTP servers. Would you like to send a bug report to the developers team?" When I click "Yes", I get another pop-up moments later that says "Report sending failed. However, when I double click on the VLC program now, it will give me a pop-up that says "Ooops: VLC media player just crashed.
Someone from another forum suggested that I download a different update from March 20th (KB4015438) - but that didn't fix it either. No pop ups were happening until last night when I decided to uninstall my most recent Windows update from March 30th (KB3150513). Avoid any links or button that do not present that information. Watch the URL information that appears when you mouse over a link or button. You may have a corrupted copy, an old copy, or something entirely different. There are many "fake" sites that attempt to trick you into downloading something other than what you truly wish to download. It makes playing music simple, yet still manages to give the user all the tools he/she wants in a music player.
The most important reason people chose VLC is: VLC is an incredibly robust application but very simple on the surface. Http /Also verify the source of your VLC Player download. VLC is ranked 5th while Windows Media Player is ranked 25th. Check the logs for error codes, warnings, or informational entries.
Must be something with the install or did you download the ZIP one only that does not require it to be installed? That would cause it to not be found.You might find some additional information via Event Viewer. It installs fine for me and shows up with its proper icon and shortcut as well as the Start Menu. I will try other programs to see how they behave. Other programs such as Office 2013, Skype for Desktop, Cisco An圜onnect, EasyBCD, Adobe Standard, that I installed in Windows 10 TP all show up where they're supposed to. VLC Media Player is hugely popular, and for good reason its completely free, supports almost all file formats without the need to download additional codecs, can optimize video and audio.
It is still possible to find a 32 bit version of the regular VLC desktop app, however, but the Windows 10 is 64 bit only, and given the trend in computers, will probably stay that way. Tried renaming the tile name but there's no option when I right click it. The Windows 10 version of VLC player is exclusively for 圆4 architecture, meaning there is no 32 bit version available. Pinning to Start works but shows a flimsy "vlc" name rather than the more descriptive VLC Media Player. VLC Media Player 3.0. Menu\Programs either (In Windows 8.1, all the programs I install appear there).Īs a workaround, I went to Program Files (x86)\VideoLan\VLC and pinned VLC.exe to the taskbar. I now have the VLC Media Player icon in the taskbar. It's not showing in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Tried both the search box and the search icon next to the start button but both returned zero result. I installed VLC Media Player (desktop version) in Windows 10 TP but it does not show in "All Apps". Just curious if you guys have encountered this anomaly.