How to Uninstall WMP? PPL ARE BLIND!!! ;)

[LOLyourFace]

Say good bye to spyware now that I've found WMP 6.4 in my PC (Run, type Mplayer2)

I know MS "integrated" WMP7+ so how can I remove it?

 

[im2smrt4u]

I'm guessing you can't...

 

[IcemanJer]

well... you could make its presence sorta disappear by changing all the media file associations and Internet MIME types to Mplayer2.exe, and I guess do something to the registry to prevent WMP7 from showing up.

 

[LOLyourFace]

i already changed all the file associations to the old WMP6.4

but i want the WMP7+ to be completely wiped out from my PC.

 

[prodigy]

Check here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/software/V7/v7faq.asp

Scroll down the the second to last one.

 

[IcemanJer]

Heh.. Add/Remove Programs.. now why didn't anyone thought of THAT?

 

[LOLyourFace]

Heh.. Add/Remove Programs.. now why didn't anyone thought of THAT?

because it's not listed and didn't I mention MS "integrated" WMP into WinXP, u n00b?

 

[IcemanJer]

d00d you didn't mention anything about WinXP. scroll back up.

 

[prodigy]

Originally posted by: LOLyourFace

Heh.. Add/Remove Programs.. now why didn't anyone thought of THAT?

because it's not listed and didn't I mention MS "integrated" WMP into WinXP, u n00b?

Negative.

 

[LOLyourFace]

ARE YOU TWO BLIND!?!

read the unedited original post.

 

[IcemanJer]

Originally posted by: LOLyourFace
Say good bye to spyware now that I've found WMP 6.4 in my PC (Run, type Mplayer2)

I know MS "integrated" WMP7+ so how can I remove it?

Hmmm....... I dunno man... do you see WinXP mentioned here anywhere..?

 

[LOLyourFace]

you fool if it wasn't XP, why would I ask it here? i can simply Uninstall it from Add/Remove progs.

I know MS "integrated" WMP7+ so how can I remove it?

think real hard.. now what OS would that be?

 

[IcemanJer]

d00d, saturday night and you want me to *think*? Anyways, as far as I'm concerned because I don't know you at all, you could be some dumb fsck who knows jack sh!t (Sorry, this is the effect of working in tech support for too long.... it forces you to assume the worst).

But anyways, now that we've established that you have XP, let's roll with that.

 

[prodigy]

Reformat and install Windows 2000.

 

[fatbaby]

why not locate the wmp folder, delete the contents, and delete the wmp icon in your tray?

 

[NicColt]

You cannot totally remove WMP 7.1 because....

WMP 6.4 and WMP 7.1 use the exact same 'engine' the only diff are the skins and functions that are extra in 7.1

Again for those that don't know.... WMP that comes on the Windows 2K and Win98SE CD has the exact same engine as the one that's available on the windowsupdate site.

(there were security updates done to it but the 'engine' is the same.)

ONLY the original Win98 has the older WMP 6.4 engine.

HOWEVER

Even if you install the original Win98 and If you install IE 5.5 or higher it will automatically update the WMP to the new engine even if it still says 6.4 or 7.1

Once you install IE 5.5 or higher you cannot remove the updated engine. The only way to do that is with a clean format and with the original Win98 CD and use IE 5.0 or lower.

In other words, if you have Win98SE or higher and if you have IE 5.5 or higher then it doesn't matter, just link your player to mplayer2