Every time I boot windows, media player classic starts running in the background (no actual MPC window opens) and hogs the CPU at 100% until I kill it. In process explorer the parent is explorer. I was wondering what could be causing this as I cannot find it under startup in msconfig.
Versions:
Windows 7 64bit
Windows Media Player Classic x64 – 1.6.1.4235
Best Answer
I don't know why I can't post comments, but have you tried deleting the mpc executable from \AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Flash Player\SpeedCache\?
If the file runs in the cache of Flashplayer, you can also try to clean that cache with CCleaner
You can also try to install it again, and then Uninstall with an uninstaller tool like Revo. It will scan your computer after uninstall for any leftovers of the program so you can delete them.
You can also search for more startup locations with Startup CPL. Hopefully you can see your mpc.exe listed somewhere.