RE: wmp is not will not install

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From: paul (paul_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/06/04 

Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 23:39:07 -0700

Adam: do the following:
 Uninstall winamp and then reinstall. it should work ok after that, Paul.
Note when something don't work, uninstall and reinstall, for ALL programs.

"adam" wrote:

> whenever i try to play any file in wmp all it will say
> is: windows media player is not properly installed and
> needs to be reinstalled. when i try to install wmp 9 or
> 10 at the end of install i get the same message
>

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