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Old 04-11-2008, 10:28 PM
Cal Bear '66
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Default Re: Media Player Won't Open

You're very welcome (thanks really to Zachd).

Good to hear it resolved your problem.


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"Leslie" <Leslie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:89D715E5-336D-4160-9E7F-9FE4855DFC4E@microsoft.com...
> AWESOME!! That worked and was so fast and easy!! Thanks!
>
> Leslie
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "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"
>> >>
>> >
>> >

>>
>>



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