Re: WMP ???

"Alex Clayton" <> wrote in message
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> Did something happen with the WMP 11? I was looking at some MP3s on Amazon
> today. Downloaded 1 and it would not play on the WMP. I keep getting a
> message about dll has a version ( bunch of numbers) were more( numbers)
> was expected. WMP is not installed correctly and must be re installed. do
> you want to install player from MS site. I tried several times and it just
> bounces me from one place to another on their site. I tried to delete WMP
> from PC thinking I could re load it, and in the control panel for doing so
> it's as if it does not even exist. Is it hidden somewhere?
> I finally tried loading a Real player and it works fine. Just wonder what
> the hell has happened to the WMP.
> Vista Home Premium with all the up dates if it matters.
> Thanks


Did you use a registry cleaner? It's a good way to screw up Vista.

Microsoft doesn't provide a way to reinstall WMP 11 on Vista.

If you didn't have SP2 installed, you could have tried installing that. It
installs a newer version of WMP 11 then the one that comes with Vista.

You could try System Restore.

If that doesn't work you will probably have to reinstall Vista to get WMP 11
back, unless you can track down all the files that make up WMP 11 and
reregister all the files.

I don't know precisely what is the problem.
One thing I do know is, WMP will not play anything you downloaded from
itune, which requires Real Player for itune mp3s.

t-4-2

"Tae Song" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Alex Clayton" <> wrote in message
> news: ...
>> Did something happen with the WMP 11? I was looking at some MP3s on
>> Amazon today. Downloaded 1 and it would not play on the WMP. I keep
>> getting a message about dll has a version ( bunch of numbers) were
>> more( numbers) was expected. WMP is not installed correctly and must be
>> re installed. do you want to install player from MS site. I tried several
>> times and it just bounces me from one place to another on their site. I
>> tried to delete WMP from PC thinking I could re load it, and in the
>> control panel for doing so it's as if it does not even exist. Is it
>> hidden somewhere?
>> I finally tried loading a Real player and it works fine. Just wonder
>> what the hell has happened to the WMP.
>> Vista Home Premium with all the up dates if it matters.
>> Thanks
>
>
> Did you use a registry cleaner? It's a good way to screw up Vista.
>
> Microsoft doesn't provide a way to reinstall WMP 11 on Vista.
>
> If you didn't have SP2 installed, you could have tried installing that.
> It installs a newer version of WMP 11 then the one that comes with Vista.
>
> You could try System Restore.
>
> If that doesn't work you will probably have to reinstall Vista to get WMP
> 11 back, unless you can track down all the files that make up WMP 11 and
> reregister all the files.
>
>
>
>

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:27:36 -0400, "t-4-2" <> wrote:

>I don't know precisely what is the problem.
>One thing I do know is, WMP will not play anything you downloaded from
>itune, which requires Real Player for itune mp3s.
>
>t-4-2

iTunes files downoad in ACC format so that may be why you think that.
But once you use iTunes to convert them to MP3 they play fine in WMP
or any other media player.WMP player is ok but there are better
players IMO. Check out the below free media player or maybe
foobar2000, MediaMonkey or JRiver Jukebox. All are good but I like
AIMP2 the best.

http://www.aimp.ru/index.php