VLC Crashing (Won't even open) HELP!

[bcherry]

The other day I watched a movie using VLC and it worked fine. I fell asleep while watching it and the next day I tried to use it again. It popped up with a message, right after clicking the icon to open it, saying "VLC media player just crashed. Do you want to send a bug report to the developers team?" So I clicked yes. I restarted my computer to see if that would help and no luck. So I uninstalled it and re-downloaded it. Same problem. I've also tried different videos and nothing works. Just clicking on the icon to open it crashes it.

[bcherry]

Also, I'm using the latest version of VLC and I'm running Windows 7 OS. Hope that helps.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Delete %appdata%/vlc folder

[himnosiss]

Hello, I have the same problem, I deleted the direcoty and now it works fine. After couple of days i had to delete that folder again. Why is this happening? How can I start something like a debug mode, and activate a log file? I tried from settings but it doesn't works.
Keep in touch. If you want I can archive that folder and send it to you for analysis, I backed it up.

[bcherry]

Well I haven't been using vlc for about 6 months now, I've tried pretty much everything. Deleting appdata doesn't work. Uninstalling it / reinstalling it. Manually deleting everything. The only thing I can think of is a corrupt dll, think that might be it? And if so how do I repair something like that? I talked to my brother and he said he had the same problem with vlc and had to get a friend to give him a certain dll from his computer. If he got it any other way it still wouldn't work.

[Roddude]

What exactly is this "appdata" folder? I keep seeing in different posts how problems can be solved by deleting it. If so, why is it there in the first place?

[VLC_help]

What exactly is this "appdata" folder?

It is folder where VLC settings are stored. Some files in there can become corrupted if VLC crashes. You can find the location by:
Start -> run and type %appdata%\vlc there and press OK.