To open a Command Prompt as an Administrator ("Elevated" Command Prompt), type
cmd in the Start Search box above the Start Orb. When "cmd.exe" appears at the
top of the Start Menu, right click on it and select "Run as Administrator".

Then enter unregmp2.exe /UpdateWMPVersion and press Enter.


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"Cal Bear '66" <x1x1x1@x1x1x1.org> wrote in message
news:B91A41D2-482D-4B56-B9DA-ADF78340276E@microsoft.com...
> From Zachd (a Microsoft employee and a very helpful poster here):
>
>
> If you reboot and this still happens, please run:
> unregmp2.exe /UpdateWMPVersion
> from a cmd.exe prompt opened as an Administrator. (It will only work if you
> open cmd.exe as an administrator.)
>
>> So, all of a sudden my media player is not working. When I try to open it,
>> I
>> get the following message:
>> The file wmploc.dll has a version number of 11.0.6000.6344 where
>> 11.0.6000.6336 was expected. Windows Media Player is not installed
>> properly
>> and must be reinstalled.
>
>
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "Leslie" <Leslie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B63C81C8-A928-4378-86DF-43A548EEEAC2@microsoft.com...
>> so I've gotten rid of Norton per the instructions below, still no media
>> player. Any idea how to uninstall it so I can reinstall it? I can't find it
>> in Add/Remove programs, but when I try to reinstall from the website there's
>> a "more current" version of a vile on my computer...When i try to open
>> windows media player i get "wmpoc.dll has a version number of 11.0.6000.6344
>> where 11.0.6000.6336 was expected. Windows media player is not installed
>> properly and must be reinstalled"
>>
>
>