Have recently suffered for weeks from a wmp problem as you
described.....tried every thing...
had no luck with Messrs Microsoft...so contacted my PC supplier who
answered in a flash with this solution...and it works...Phew ! AT
LAST....try it:-

Media Player is now built into the Vista Operating System and cannot be
unistalled. A fix is available allowing Media Player to work correctly.

1. Click Start.
2. Click Run.
3. In the "Open" field type REGEDIT.
4. Click OK.
5. Click "File" in the menu bar.
6. Click "Export" from the drop down menu this will open a new box.
7. Click the down arrow beside "Save In" and select "Local Disk (C)".
8. In the File Name field type BACKUP.REG.
9. Verify that under the “Export Range”, that the radio button is
beside "All".
10. Click Save.
11. Click the arrow beside HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
12. Click the arrow beside Software.
13. Click the arrow beside Microsoft.
14. Click the arrow beside Media Player.
15. Click the arrow beside Setup.
16. Click on Installed Versions.
17. In the right hand window pane select wmp.dll and press the delete
key on the keyboard.
18. Confirm with an OK.
19. In the right hand window pane select wmploc.dll and press the
delete key on the keyboard.
20. Confirm with an OK.
21. In the right hand window pane select wmp.exe and press the delete
key on the keyboard.
22. Confirm with an OK.
23. Click the "X" in the upper right hand corner of the Registry Editor
window to close it.
Restart your Computer in order for the registry - fix to work.

HAPPY DAYS


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singer62

Hi every1... I`ve got a bit of a problem with my media player...
The thing is, my pc is working on both xp and vista... It came with
vista, and I requested that xp be installed... It seems that when XP was
installed on top of vista it copied it`s wmp.exe to the vista media
player folder, so when ever I try to start wmp, I get this message:
The file wmplayer.exe has a version nuber of 11.0.5721.5145 where
11.0.6000.6344 was expected... Vista won`t let my install the version
again from the internet...Any ideas??? HELP!!!!


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lule4ever
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Your system install is invalid. I have no idea what they did to get into
that state, but it's certainly interesting.

You would want to format the box and start over. I could probably get you
limping along, but the specific error you get indicates some frightening
confusion in your registry that is indicative of some wacky XP installation
technique.

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Speaking for myself only.
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"lule4ever" wrote in message
...

Hi every1... I`ve got a bit of a problem with my media player...
The thing is, my pc is working on both xp and vista... It came with
vista, and I requested that xp be installed... It seems that when XP was
installed on top of vista it copied it`s wmp.exe to the vista media
player folder, so when ever I try to start wmp, I get this message:
The file wmplayer.exe has a version nuber of 11.0.5721.5145 where
11.0.6000.6344 was expected... Vista won`t let my install the version
again from the internet...Any ideas??? HELP!!!!


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lule4ever
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