Windows Media Player Clash

After installing PPStream my Windows Media player appears to have been
disabled. When i click on the link nothing happens. During live streams
online it also does not react. I have no problems with Winamp/DivX/itunes.
Windows media center also works fine.

I have had this problem for several months and none of the updates to Vista
have helped. Is there a way to 'reinstall' WMP. I have tried downloading WMP
updates from microsoft but they say my version is upto date.

The Media Player 11 available for download is for Windows XP. Windows Vistas
built in Media Player 11 is specifically developed for the OS. Again, I
would try repairing the installation to see if it corrects it or do a System
Restore before the problem started occuring.

Did you check if PPStream is compatible with Windows Vista?
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"Alasdair" <> wrote in message
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> After installing PPStream my Windows Media player appears to have been
> disabled. When i click on the link nothing happens. During live streams
> online it also does not react. I have no problems with Winamp/DivX/itunes.
> Windows media center also works fine.
>
> I have had this problem for several months and none of the updates to
> Vista
> have helped. Is there a way to 'reinstall' WMP. I have tried downloading
> WMP
> updates from microsoft but they say my version is upto date.

Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
> The Media Player 11 available for download is for Windows XP. Windows Vistas
> built in Media Player 11 is specifically developed for the OS. Again, I
> would try repairing the installation to see if it corrects it or do a System
> Restore before the problem started occuring.
>
> Did you check if PPStream is compatible with Windows Vista?


It's a P2P thing I think, I don't have a Vista machine handy, could it
be a file association thing (What he mean by click on the link? The
shortcut maybe?)

If so will it work creating a new shortcut from searching for the
executable, or maybe click the executable itself to test it?

The problem is not with the shortcut link. I do not believe that the file
association is the problem either because even when i click directly on the
wmplayer.exe for MWP it just does not respond at all. I have since
uninstalled PPStream with no luck. The hole program is like ghost. The file
wmpconfig also just does not respond.

It has been several months since the problem started and so reverting is out
of the option. Is there a way to uninstall WMP or Re-install it?

"Alasdair" wrote:

> After installing PPStream my Windows Media player appears to have been
> disabled. When i click on the link nothing happens. During live streams
> online it also does not react. I have no problems with Winamp/DivX/itunes.
> Windows media center also works fine.
>
> I have had this problem for several months and none of the updates to Vista
> have helped. Is there a way to 'reinstall' WMP. I have tried downloading WMP
> updates from microsoft but they say my version is upto date.

Ah, thanks for the extra info but unfortunately I don't have a good
answer. I wonder if there's some way the software could have disabled
loading for WMP or whether there's some part of it that hasn't actually
uninstalled. If it is one of these things that loads a "Service" or some
kind of "Background" downloader is is possible you may have to reinstall
it, find the option "Start when Windows Starts" or whatever and turn
that off, then reboot so it's not running and then uninstall the program
again. I know that is the case with some versions of some software but
on the other hand I could be entirely wrong

Otherwise it does look as if you'll have to reinstall or somehow repair
WMP and I am not sure that can be done.

Alasdair wrote:
> The problem is not with the shortcut link. I do not believe that the file
> association is the problem either because even when i click directly on the
> wmplayer.exe for MWP it just does not respond at all. I have since
> uninstalled PPStream with no luck. The hole program is like ghost. The file
> wmpconfig also just does not respond.
>
> It has been several months since the problem started and so reverting is out
> of the option. Is there a way to uninstall WMP or Re-install it?
>
> "Alasdair" wrote:
>
>> After installing PPStream my Windows Media player appears to have been
>> disabled. When i click on the link nothing happens. During live streams
>> online it also does not react. I have no problems with Winamp/DivX/itunes.
>> Windows media center also works fine.
>>
>> I have had this problem for several months and none of the updates to Vista
>> have helped. Is there a way to 'reinstall' WMP. I have tried downloading WMP
>> updates from microsoft but they say my version is upto date.

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You made me feel bad that you ever, ever and ever thought that I thought
you were worthless. You're stupid yes, but you're not worthless. I got
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I think PPStream is just plain incompatible with Windows Vista. Try finding
an alternative solution.
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"Alasdair" <> wrote in message
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> The problem is not with the shortcut link. I do not believe that the file
> association is the problem either because even when i click directly on
> the
> wmplayer.exe for MWP it just does not respond at all. I have since
> uninstalled PPStream with no luck. The hole program is like ghost. The
> file
> wmpconfig also just does not respond.
>
> It has been several months since the problem started and so reverting is
> out
> of the option. Is there a way to uninstall WMP or Re-install it?
>
> "Alasdair" wrote:
>
>> After installing PPStream my Windows Media player appears to have been
>> disabled. When i click on the link nothing happens. During live streams
>> online it also does not react. I have no problems with
>> Winamp/DivX/itunes.
>> Windows media center also works fine.
>>
>> I have had this problem for several months and none of the updates to
>> Vista
>> have helped. Is there a way to 'reinstall' WMP. I have tried downloading
>> WMP
>> updates from microsoft but they say my version is upto date.

Thanks for all the ideas. I have been unable to identify the issue. Now i am
unsure about how to either uninstall or Reinstall Media player in Vista.
There is no oping in the 'add/remove programs' link and there is no uninstall
option. Also Microsoft does not supply a re-install option on their website.
Any ideas?

P.S. I dont have time to move to Europe and sue.

No, there is absolutely no uninstall or reinstall for Windows Media Player
for Vista. You would need to either reinstall Vista (if you want to
reinstall the player) or fix this in a different fashion.

I cobbled together probably everything you need to do a reinstall of Windows
Media Player for Vista, but I just put that together unofficially in my own
time a little bit ago (last night, actually), and haven't vetted it or gone
through it yet. If you're dying-desperate, you could guinea pig it, but I
can't imagine it's interesting/useful to many people.

--
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.
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"Alasdair" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks for all the ideas. I have been unable to identify the issue. Now i
> am
> unsure about how to either uninstall or Reinstall Media player in Vista.
> There is no oping in the 'add/remove programs' link and there is no
> uninstall
> option. Also Microsoft does not supply a re-install option on their
> website.
> Any ideas?
>
> P.S. I dont have time to move to Europe and sue.

* zachd [MSFT]:
> No, there is absolutely no uninstall or reinstall for Windows Media Player
> for Vista. You would need to either reinstall Vista (if you want to
> reinstall the player) or fix this in a different fashion.

That really is just dumb, too. Most any other software can be fixed by
simply uninstalling and reinstalling... it's a cornerstone of troubleshooting.

> I cobbled together probably everything you need to do a reinstall of Windows
> Media Player for Vista, but I just put that together unofficially in my own
> time a little bit ago (last night, actually), and haven't vetted it or gone
> through it yet. If you're dying-desperate, you could guinea pig it, but I
> can't imagine it's interesting/useful to many people.

I, and I'm sure others do, appreciate your helping out here.
However, IMO, WMP 11 is crap. That may be a crude and simplistic
assessment, but it certainly fits.


-Michael