Guest ColTom2 Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Hi: Does anyone know how to completely remove all versions of Media Player and reinstall Media Player 11. I think a lot of the problems are carried forward from former versions when you unistall version 11 and it rolls back to version 10 etc. I would like to completely remove ALL versions and start a new with Media Player 11. I had no problems whatsoever with Player 11, until I reformatted and now I have a lot as descibed in various postings, i.e. Library, Ablum Art, Plugins etc. Thanks, Col Tom
Guest cwdjrxyz Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: Complete Uninstall Media Player All Versions and Reinstall? On Aug 5, 9:13 pm, "ColTom2" <noemailaddr...@nomail.com> wrote: > Hi: > > Does anyone know how to completely remove all versions of Media Player and > reinstall Media Player 11. I think a lot of the problems are carried forward > from former versions when you unistall version 11 and it rolls back to > version 10 etc. > > I would like to completely remove ALL versions and start a new with Media > Player 11. I had no problems whatsoever with Player 11, until I reformatted > and now I have a lot as descibed in various postings, i.e. Library, Ablum > Art, Plugins etc. For uninstalling WMP 11 it is not enough to just uninstall it at add/ remove. There are two other programs that also must be uninstalled in a certain sequence, the computer must be rebooted at least 2 times, etc. To see the details, go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/11/readme.aspx#RollingbacktoapreviousversionofthePlayer . Note the sentences:"Windows Media Player is a feature of the Windows operating system and cannot be removed entirely. However, in Windows XP, you can roll back to the version of the Player that was previously on your computer." If there is any way to remove all of WMP, Microsoft is not going to tell you how. The hackers might have found a way, but I do not keep up with hacker sites. Also there are several issues with WMP 11. For a listing of these issues and how to overcome them, when possible, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/11/readme.aspx .
Guest Bon60 Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 RE: Complete Uninstall Media Player All Versions and Reinstall? I WISH that I could rollback to Media 10 player...I bought a new DVD player and burned my pics..but it will NOT play them and yet I can play movies???? Any help out there??? -- any help would be appreciated "ColTom2" wrote: > Hi: > > Does anyone know how to completely remove all versions of Media Player and > reinstall Media Player 11. I think a lot of the problems are carried forward > from former versions when you unistall version 11 and it rolls back to > version 10 etc. > > I would like to completely remove ALL versions and start a new with Media > Player 11. I had no problems whatsoever with Player 11, until I reformatted > and now I have a lot as descibed in various postings, i.e. Library, Ablum > Art, Plugins etc. > > Thanks, > > Col Tom > > >
Guest frodo@theshire.net Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: Complete Uninstall Media Player All Versions and Reinstall? ColTom2: I'd simply recommend installing WMP 11 again, on top of itself. A reinstall often "fixes" weird issues. Give it a try before getting too drastic.
Guest frodo@theshire.net Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: Complete Uninstall Media Player All Versions and Reinstall? ColTom2: Also, take a look at Zach's FAQ: http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html Much coverage on install issues...
Guest zachd [MSFT] Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: Complete Uninstall Media Player All Versions and Reinstall? Why can't you? Even if you deleted the WMP11 rollback-to-previous-version folder, if you directly contact actual product support, even then they can help you rebuild that folder. But picture DVD playback isn't really a major factor of WMP, so you may be barking up the wrong tree here. -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "Bon60" <Bon60@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CCBA4755-9F26-481C-9383-192000615815@microsoft.com... >I WISH that I could rollback to Media 10 player...I bought a new DVD player > and burned my pics..but it will NOT play them and yet I can play > movies???? > Any help out there??? > -- > any help would be appreciated > > > "ColTom2" wrote: > >> Hi: >> >> Does anyone know how to completely remove all versions of Media Player >> and >> reinstall Media Player 11. I think a lot of the problems are carried >> forward >> from former versions when you unistall version 11 and it rolls back to >> version 10 etc. >> >> I would like to completely remove ALL versions and start a new with >> Media >> Player 11. I had no problems whatsoever with Player 11, until I >> reformatted >> and now I have a lot as descibed in various postings, i.e. Library, Ablum >> Art, Plugins etc. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Col Tom >> >> >>
Guest zachd [MSFT] Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: Complete Uninstall Media Player All Versions and Reinstall? What do you think this would solve? Generally this isn't going to be possible in any meaningful fashion, and isn't even interesting, since so much of what WMP does is going to be interfered with by third party codecs, filters, drivers, etc etc, that a "completely clean" install of Media Player is an utterly meaningless idea. At that point, you really get into needing to reinstall the OS clean. -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message news:%23xD5T981HHA.5884@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi: > > Does anyone know how to completely remove all versions of Media Player and > reinstall Media Player 11. I think a lot of the problems are carried > forward from former versions when you unistall version 11 and it rolls > back to version 10 etc. > > I would like to completely remove ALL versions and start a new with Media > Player 11. I had no problems whatsoever with Player 11, until I > reformatted and now I have a lot as descibed in various postings, i.e. > Library, Ablum Art, Plugins etc. > > Thanks, > > Col Tom >
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