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by: scarlet2007 April 25, 2010 7:00 PM PDT

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Windows Media Player 12 is Corrupted .. Help

by scarlet2007 - 4/25/10 7:00 PM

Any idea on how to uninstall/reinstall Media Player 12? Or fix 12? There are no fixes that I can find. Can not uninstall. Computer would not allow me to download Media 11 either.
Specs:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model Latitude E5500
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz, 2001 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A13, 8/11/2009
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7600.16385"
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 1.96 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.02 GB
Total Virtual Memory 3.91 GB
Available Virtual Memory 2.69 GB
Page File Space 1.96 GB


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Windows media player 12

by peacox - 4/25/10 10:33 PM

In Reply to: Windows Media Player 12 is Corrupted .. Help by scarlet2007

is a feature of win 7 rather than an installed application so removal is different from the usual.
Go to Start > Run, and type optionalfeatures.exe.
A small window will appear with a list of windows features, in the list is Media features, expand this section and there is Windows Media Player with a tick in the box, simply remove the tick, it will also remove Windows Media Center. Click OK and it will remove them. You will have to reboot your system because it removes them like updates, outside of the windows environment.
When everything has calmed down you can reinstall them by reversing the procedure.
I tried this out on a working WMP and it worked OK but I can't swear that it will work so easily on a corrupt version.


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thanks for your responses

by scarlet2007 - 4/25/10 10:51 PM

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I will try that.


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Another option -

by CassandraF_WinTeam Windows Outreach Team - 4/26/10 8:56 AM

In Reply to: thanks for your responses by scarlet2007

Here is another option to try - http://www.mydigitallife.info/2010/01/12/how-to-uninstall-and-re-install-windows-media-player-12-wmp12-in-windows-7/. Just out of curiosity, why do you prefer Windows Media Player 11 over 12?

Cheers,
Cassandra

Windows Outreach Team

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Worked for me

by cobrasixtysix - 9/5/10 6:27 PM

In Reply to: Another option - by CassandraF_WinTeam Windows Outreach Team

This worked for me, Media Player 12 back to normal after an uninstall/reinstall, Thanks, TeZ


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Hey

by christisalive14 - 3/19/11 8:14 PM

In Reply to: Windows media player 12 by peacox

I really appreciate you trying to help, but that didn't work, as my media player 12 is corrupted, now please don't give me the rename the folder, that doesn't work, does anyone have a REAL solution...come techies, drop the video games and give me a helping hand...


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Post 4 didn't ask for a rename.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 3/19/11 9:33 PM

In Reply to: Hey by christisalive14

Try it again.


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re: Windows media player 12 is corrupted

by Schofield Bond - 9/6/10 4:13 AM

In Reply to: Windows Media Player 12 is Corrupted .. Help by scarlet2007

Hello,

In most of the windows operating system Windows media player does not support. It shows error of installing. f

Thanks,
John Farris


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This worked for me

by Aaliyahraks - 6/9/12 6:57 AM

In Reply to: Windows Media Player 12 is Corrupted .. Help by scarlet2007

http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-delete-corrupted-windows-media-player-library/


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