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    Windows Media Player 11 beta uninstall troubles

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by clamchowder01, Jun 25, 2006.

  1. clamchowder01

    clamchowder01 Notebook Guru

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    i can't uninstall windows media player 11 beta. I dloaded and it's giving me troubles. When use menus, it's all messed up. I tried rolling back, but that never works. Can never get rollback to work. I uninstalled WMP 11 beta from add/remove programs. Did it. But when i launch WMP, it still is WMP 11 beta. Now the profile in the add/remove programs is gone and I can't uninstall it. I can't seem to get back WMP 10. I'm stuck. Last resort is reformatting and I don't want to do that again.

    Thanks
     
    clamchowder01, Jun 25, 2006
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  2. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    ikovac Cooler and faster... NBR Reviewer

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    I tried the Batboy procedure, and I had no luck either. But restore point solved my problem.

    Cheers,

    Ivan
     
    ikovac, Jun 25, 2006
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    Lil Mayz Notebook Deity

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    this is just a guess, but is WMP 11 constantly running in the backgorund? Press ALT + CTRL + DEL to launch the task manager and click on the processes tab.

    If WMP11 is there, can't you just end the process?

    WMP11 is still running after the un-install, so try that.
     
    Lil Mayz, Jun 25, 2006
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    qhn Notebook User

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    start -> run-> RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection C:\windows\inf\wmp.inf,Uninstall

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jun 25, 2006
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    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Err...this has already been asked plenty of times. Just uninstall the WMP11 runtime files, which is in Add/Remove Programs with the Show updates box checked at the top. You do not need to re-install WMP as it is a rollback.

    Try using the Search function located at the top of this forum next time. You should be able to find the following post:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=56136
     
    Budding, Jun 25, 2006
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    Is this really buggy? Sounds liek a lot of people want to get rid of it, does it look like it could be cool though?
     
    kingcrowing, Jun 25, 2006
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    I personally don't find it buggy, it's just a bit more complex to navigate around and uses up more computer resources than WMP10.
     
    Budding, Jun 25, 2006
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    Thanks. THis thread helped me out. Just needed to check show updates at the top of the add/remove programs window. Then select windows media player 11 remove and it rolled back to WMP 10 Perfectly! Thanks!
     
    clamchowder01, Jun 26, 2006
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    Geistasche Newbie

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    I've read your quotes, but my real trouble is, the application asks me for a validation of the f..... product. So, it doesn't let me uninstall the runtime update.

    Any idea?
     
    Geistasche, Feb 13, 2007
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