Windows Media Player 11 in Vista

SA Spurs1 · 05-22-2009, 06:12 PM

I have a nephew who has a corrupt WMP 11 in Vista. I was looking for a way to reinstall it but I could not find it. I looked in control panel in programs but could not find a reference to a reload. I went Microsofts website and could only find WMP 11 for XP. Does someone know how I can reload this app in or for Vista?

Zappaboss · 05-22-2009, 07:28 PM

Hi SA Spurs1, Wish I could give you the answer you want to hear but cannot. WMP is part of the core operating system and can only be reinstalled by reinstalling Vista OS. The WMP 12 that will be for Win7 won't be compatible with Vista either. There are many 3rd party players that are far superior to WMP and I would suggest your cousin try a few if that is all that is wrong with his Vista at this point. My WMP11 corrupted 2 weeks after install of OS. I use WinAmp,Sonique,Foobar,RealPlayer and CoolEdit to name a few. Here's a link if you want to further explore repairing WMP.
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html

Best of luck to you.

**Mcninjaguy** · 05-23-2009, 01:03 AM

To fix the corruption you just need to rebuild the library

WMP11 on Vista, please make sure you have this update - this will make your library more reliable. Then: the library is per user and can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941651/en-us "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft". Shut down IE, Media Center, WMP, and anything else running (such as the Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service, which you can stop in the Administrative Tools:Services control panel). Then rename the "Media Player" folder there. At that point WMP should work correctly again.

http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#medialibrary

**Mcninjaguy** · 05-23-2009, 02:16 AM

EDIT: wrong thread

05-22-2009, 06:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
SA Spurs1 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 150 OS: Windows 7 Pro x64	Windows Media Player 11 in Vista I have a nephew who has a corrupt WMP 11 in Vista. I was looking for a way to reinstall it but I could not find it. I looked in control panel in programs but could not find a reference to a reload. I went Microsofts website and could only find WMP 11 for XP. Does someone know how I can reload this app in or for Vista?

05-22-2009, 07:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
Zappaboss Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 243 OS: Vista Home Basic SP2	Re: Windows Media Player 11 in Vista Hi SA Spurs1, Wish I could give you the answer you want to hear but cannot. WMP is part of the core operating system and can only be reinstalled by reinstalling Vista OS. The WMP 12 that will be for Win7 won't be compatible with Vista either. There are many 3rd party players that are far superior to WMP and I would suggest your cousin try a few if that is all that is wrong with his Vista at this point. My WMP11 corrupted 2 weeks after install of OS. I use WinAmp,Sonique,Foobar,RealPlayer and CoolEdit to name a few. Here's a link if you want to further explore repairing WMP. http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html Best of luck to you.

05-23-2009, 01:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Mentor, Games Team Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,355 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Windows Media Player 11 in Vista To fix the corruption you just need to rebuild the library WMP11 on Vista, please make sure you have this update - this will make your library more reliable. Then: the library is per user and can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941651/en-us "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft". Shut down IE, Media Center, WMP, and anything else running (such as the Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service, which you can stop in the Administrative Tools:Services control panel). Then rename the "Media Player" folder there. At that point WMP should work correctly again. http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#medialibrary __________________ If you have problem, PM me and I'll respond in the thread you made. power-supply-information-selection Nvidia Drivers ATI drivers Direct X

05-23-2009, 02:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Mentor, Games Team Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,355 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Windows Media Player 11 in Vista EDIT: wrong thread __________________ If you have problem, PM me and I'll respond in the thread you made. power-supply-information-selection Nvidia Drivers ATI drivers Direct X