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Many problems with VLC are due to wrong settings or broken cache. You can solve these through deleting VLC's preferences and cache.

= On Windows =

== Using the shortcut in the start menu ==
If you installed VLC properly you can delete the preferences and cache by simply opening the shortcut you can find in your start menu: ''All programs > VideoLAN > Reset VLC media player preferences and cache files''

== Deleting the files manually ==
Open the explorer and type ''%APPDATA%'' into the address bar and hit enter. This should lead you to the AppData folder of your user. Therein you should find a folder named ''vlc''. Delete that folder and your done.