Re: Removing old Media Player

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From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/16/05 

Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:04:15 -0500

Hi Ken,

Heck, I still have mplay32.exe on some of my XP installation (that's version
5.1), so it's hard for me to determine if version 6 came with the
installation which, IIRC, originally comes with Version 7. I appreciate the
information, as I hadn't noticed that before. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message 
news:eYHAjB%23%23EHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> In news:eMqDk67%23EHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
> Rick "Nutcase" Rogers <rick@mvps.org> typed:
>
>> Well, it has to be either a leftover from an upgrade or it was
>> intentionally innstalled at one point - perhaps as part of some older
>> software that was installed. My take would be to leave it alone
>> unless there is some software conflict related to it, as WMP
>> installations tend to weave themselves into the file set.
>> Uninstalling or manually removing it may cause some issues down the
>> road.
>
>
> Rick, I've never understood the reason, but Windows XP ships with a couple 
> of versions of Media Player including 6.4. So it's probably not a leftover 
> from an upgrade or intentionally installed. Do a search on "mplayer2.exe," 
> and you should find it on your machine too.
>
> -- 
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>
>> "Mad King Soup" <MadKingSoup@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:4B5D875E-4DA2-40F4-A587-AC1F0DD74900@microsoft.com...
>>>I just noticed that Windows Media Player 6.4 is kicking about my
>>> Windows XP installation. Bless it's heart.
>>>
>>> How can it be safely removed? Or, perhaps, *should* it be removed at
>>> all? It
>>> doesn't seem to serve much purpose.
>
>

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