Re: Repair WMP11 in Vista

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Actually, deleting that HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer registry key was how I broke Media Player in the 1st place (though I have a feeling I messed up the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE version as well :$)

I really hope a WMP update is realeased soon which will repeat the install process.


"Madhuvan Gupta [MSFT]" <magupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%239WcJpoOHHA.3552@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Its hard to say how you can restore WMP since I don't know what registry entried you changed. Anyway, try deleting media library database (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925718/en-us) and/or delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer registry key.
Madhuvan
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"Alexander Lamaison" <noemail@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:8D19CB0F-6A95-4320-A80D-9D2992A48432@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am running Windows Vista final. Is there a way to repair WMP11 as I stupidly messed around in the registry without backing up and now I can't any files to the Media Player's library or add any 'monitoring folders'?

If this were WindowsXP I would just rerun the installer but as WMP11 is integrated into Vista and no updates have been released, this is not an option.

All the necessary files must exist on the install disk. I just need a way to trigger a reinstall/repair.

Many thanks,
Alex Lamaison



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