Re: Media player 11 won't play wmv files

As I found out, through some research there is a file located in the base
folder for WMP, however if you have ever received an upgrade you cannot
reinstall the program, since it is (with the update) viewed as newer and will
not reinstall.

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:


You cannot reinstall the player in any meaningful fashion upon Vista. =)

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"Mikeze" <mikezus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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There's no need to download it. Just reinstall WMP. Try searching hard
drive for setup_wm.exe. It's in "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player" by
default in XP. Can't quite remember it's location on Vista (obviously
should be where the WMP is located).





"markeydsl" <markeydsl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello, I have run in to an issue. I have windows media player for Vista
version 11, which stoped playing wmv files as of yesterday, it appears
that
after a quicktime update, it will no longer recognize these files. I
uninstalled quicktime hoping this would fix the issue but it still won't
play
wmv files, and I get an error message saying "Windows Media Player cannot
play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not
support the codec that was used to compress the file."

This is impossible to deal with, in the past I solicited help from
microsoft, and the agent installed a ton of codec on my computer which
took
over control of everything on my computer using tons of RAM to run.
is it possible to download windows media player 11 for vista and
reinstall
the program? I as of yet have not been able to find a download for it.
If I could install the original program that would be helpful since I
think
it comes with its own codec that would allow it to play its own files.
It seem like a pain, but I would rather reinstall the program or replace
the
original codec, rather than install 3rd party codec that just take up
memory.
thank you



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