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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Music, Photo, Video / May 2008Making Windows Media Player Universal
I downloaded RealPlayer which took over as the main player. I just deleted it from the drive and now my media player won't stream my online vids anymore. How do I reset it to play them without having to download the vids first. I didn't have to before I downloaded RealPlayer. Try this. Right-click Command Prompt (using the shortcut in Start Menu\Programs\Accessories), choose Run as Administrator. Type the following, pressing Enter after each entry: regsvr32 wmp.dll regsvr32 wmpdxm.dll Also check in Control Panel > Default Programs > Set your Default Programs, and make sure Windows Media Player has its defaults when you click on "Choose defaults for this program." Then try a site that uses the embedded WMP. >I downloaded RealPlayer which took over as the main player. I just deleted > it from the drive and now my media player won't stream my online vids > anymore. How do I reset it to play them without having to download the > vids > first. I didn't have to before I downloaded RealPlayer. Thank you so much Dean! It worked fine for me! > Try this. Right-click Command Prompt (using the shortcut in Start > Menu\Programs\Accessories), choose Run as Administrator. Type the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > vids > > first. I didn't have to before I downloaded RealPlayer. Glad to hear things are working! Thanks for reporting back. > Thank you so much Dean! It worked fine for me! > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> > vids >> > first. I didn't have to before I downloaded RealPlayer. dean-dean what exactly does this do? You gave him the same response word for word, but they are 2 totally different problems...forgive me for being leery! Will this harm my computer in any way? If you would not mind, how did you find this out? As I have been on the phone with HP support for HOURS trying to fix my problem, and if this truly will fix my problem, I will give it a try! Hit me back, please > Glad to hear things are working! Thanks for reporting back. > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >> > vids > >> > first. I didn't have to before I downloaded RealPlayer. Note that my response was to a poster who stated this: > P.S. has previously been able to stream videos, might have made chances in > the set-up of the WMP Well, registering Windows system files won't hurt anything. It's when they become unregistered, by 3rd party programs usually, that things don't work as they should. I figured it out what files should be in play, I guess, by looking at what files IE was using when running WMP embedded. In Manage Add-ons, the files wmp.dll and wmpdxm.dll are the files it lists as the ActiveX controls for WMP. Specifically, the videos at http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?f=msnhome...this uses wmp.dll. As to whether registering these file will truly fix your problem, I don't know. Normally, they should be registered. But "re-registering" them is worth a try. It would as least rule out missing, or changed, registry entries as a possible cause to your problem... > dean-dean what exactly does this do? You gave him the same response word > for [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >> >> > vids >> >> > first. I didn't have to before I downloaded RealPlayer. The reregistration here does hurt things as it's overwriting Vista settings with XP settings. It's an OK last ditch solution, but generally it should not be a favored solution method. =)  SignatureSpeaking 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. -- > Note that my response was to a poster who stated this: > [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] >>> >> > vids >>> >> > first. I didn't have to before I downloaded RealPlayer. Signaturethomasr > Glad to hear things are working! Thanks for reporting back. > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >> > vids > >> > first. I didn't have to before I downloaded RealPlayer. Signaturethomasr > Thank you so much Dean! It worked fine for me! > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > vids > > > first. I didn't have to before I downloaded RealPlayer. I tried setting the default settings, it didn't work. This is a new Gateway using Vista & Media Player 11. I did not install a new media player. This is audio as well as video on line, dsl, on a network. It plays downloaded music just fine. Signaturethomasr > Try this. Right-click Command Prompt (using the shortcut in Start > Menu\Programs\Accessories), choose Run as Administrator. Type the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > vids > > first. I didn't have to before I downloaded RealPlayer. Running "regsvr32 wmp.dll" will break file associations, of course, so it's really not recommended that you do that. That is something that you should only do on Windows XP. The latter suggestion of Default Programs was what should work when another application has munged the player's associations. You should clarify what is happening when you click on media files - what badness is happening? SignatureSpeaking 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. -- >I tried setting the default settings, it didn't work. This is a new Gateway > using Vista & Media Player 11. I did not install a new media player. This [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> > vids >> > first. I didn't have to before I downloaded RealPlayer. |
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