[Matt L]

I recently installed Windows Media Player because I don't usually watch videos on Winamp, and after it downloaded, the media player wouldn't work at all. I wanted to uninstall it, but I found out that it wasn't in the list of program files to uninstall in the control panel.

I'm just wondering too... if I uninstall Windows Media Player 11, will I be able to install again later?

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Media Player 11 is built into Vista so there probably will not be any uninstall option for it.

[Neil Jones]

Media Player 11 is built into Vista so there probably will not be any uninstall option for it.

[Matt L]

So I should of never installed it or what?

[Neil Jones]

Well, basically there should be no need to install something that's been there all along. So I'm not quite sure how you've managed to do that.

Do you get any error messages with Media Player? In what way(s) is it "not working"?

[Matt L]

Neil Jones, I don't get any error messages. It just doesn't work after you double-click it.

Also, I did install it. When my computer was new, the Media Player prompted itself to install, but I didn't allow it. Only yesterday when I clicked on "Open with..." Windows Media Player prompted to install itself yet again.

There's no harm in keeping this and not using it, correct?

[Neil Jones]

Well you can't really remove it from Vista so it shouldn't hurt anything.

[Jacee]

WMP 11 should be able to play musical CD's, but not video DVD's in your version of Vista.

This works for watching videos:
Media Player Classic. It's free and works with Vista

Look for MPC 6.4.9.0

Download here:
http://sourceforge.n...ackage_id=84358
Run as Administer and run in compatibility mode with XP SP2 (click on Properties to make sure).

Click "open DVD"... Put your DVD in and watch the movie

[Matt L]

Jacee, I don't think I need a media player anymore. I am currently just using Winamp.