April 2, 2009
“Your Computer Is Running Low on Memory” in WMP: Fix
Windows Media Player may erroneously deliver the message “Your computer is running low on memory. Quit other programs, and then try again” when attempting to play DVDs, stored movies or other media. This message can be the result of an unregistered Windows Media Player .dll instead of an actual scarcity of memory.
To fix this issue, follow these steps:
- Launch a commpand prompt in administrator mode. Navigate to Programs > Accessories > then right-click “Command Prompt” and select “Run as Administrator”
- Copy and paste the following command: for %a in (%systemroot%\system32\wm*.dll) do regsvr32 /s %a into the command prompt.
- Press enter and wait for the command to process.
After performing these steps, re-attempt usage of Windows Media Player.
Filed under Windows Vista, windows media player by on Apr 2nd, 2009. Comment. 
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Comments on “Your Computer Is Running Low on Memory” in WMP: Fix
Many, many, many thanks!
Thanks for making the fix available – worked great!!!
Sorry, it didn’t work in Vista business?
Nope, didn’t work in Vista.
Unfortunately it did not work. This is the line which I c&p at the prompt and then hit enter. I’m using Vista 64 Untimate.
for %a in (%systemroot%\system32\wm*.dll) do regsvr32 /s %a
No luck with windows XP pro either. I’ve tried everything I’ve found including removing all instances of WMP in the registry, reinstalling, etc. Last resort is to restore my system which I dread the thought of doing!
Any other ideas? Thx, Dave P.
It worked!
Excellent!!!
Thank you very very very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much!!! I was very frustrated and had tried many suggestions that didn’t work. This did the trick and it was very simple.
it doesn’t work on win7 ultimate if any have solution then help me
it didn’t work…all it says is do is unexpected at this time
the code command is confusing… im not sure wat im suppose to type in… when i opened my thing theres nothing like %a