Videos will NOT open

[WHS Sound Guy]

I cleaned up files on my computer and somehow accidentally caused this issue (see the attached image). I can no longer open any video files to see them. This seems to be a problem with the "Movies & TV" program on Windows 10. I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it multiple times now. This only results in the message taking a few seconds longer to show up the first time. I also worked through all the solutions listed on this page with no success. I get this same message no matter which video I try to open, old or new videos. Any ideas how to fix this? I would rather not have to do a complete reinstall of Windows 10. I do a fair bit of video editing every day so not being able to play videos is problematic. Thanks for any advice. I appreciate the help.

[Statik]

Have you tried using a different piece of software like VLC?

[pythonmegapixel]

I've found the Movies & TV app to be buggy in the past. Honestly I wouldn't bother and would just install VLC which is one of the best (and most popular) third party Windows media players.

Movies & TV is nowhere near stable enough to rely on if you need it on an everyday basis.

[WHS Sound Guy]

Yes. I have VLC installed now. I had it before, when I just had a laptop, and then never installed it on my desktop when I built it. When I booted my computer today I got a black screen with command line style text saying that something had been removed from the computer. It was only on the screen for a brief second. It was something to the effect of a "zunevideo" being removed. I don't know exactly what it said as it was only there for a moment before booting to Windows.

[homeap5]

Try to locate your videos by browsing them. It's possible that you accidentally moved them somewhere to subdirectory.