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Everything is all and well with the player except when i close the player it closes the player but keeps playing.I also have close it in task manager to get it to stop.In Task manager there is multiple instances of vlc using ram but no cpu.How do i get it to stop.


Thanks

I'm having the same issue... ver .8.2(wxWindows interface) on XP pro

yep.... same for me. but only occurs when trying to preview video files on eMule and the system is pretty overloaded.
Otherwise runs clean with no bugs...

I don't remember older versions doing that.Is older versions still offered i can't find any.

I had this problem too, the VLC player would continue to stream after closing the player.

I found my solution on the FAQ page here : http://www.videolan.org/support/bug-reporting.html

The Windows version of VLC has an entry in the Start Menu that completely resets your VLC setup. It is called: "Reset VLC defaults and quit."
(Uninstalling VLC does not remove it's old settings.)
Double check that your issue still exists.

Doing this fixed the run-on problem & also fixed
an intermittent hotkey issue I had.(hotkeys would work....sometimes).

The Windows version of VLC has an entry in the Start Menu that completely resets your VLC setup. It is called: "Reset VLC defaults and quit."

Where do I find that? I use the standalone version of VLC (no install)

If you didn't install it then you won't have that menu option...

You can do this instead:

Open a command prompt...
(Start menu->Run... Type "command", press enter...)

Change directory to where vlc is located...
cd "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC"

Reset the config by launching vlc with the --reset-config option...
vlc --reset-config

Then the config will be reset to normal...
(Replace "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC" with where-ever you have vlc.exe located...)

thanks a lot!