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How To Reinstall Windows Media Player In Windows 7

Posted February 22, 2010 – 7:01 pm in: Media Players, Windows 7 Guides
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As I have mentioned before in how to make WMP play songs at a specified time guide, I use the default Windows Media Player as my primary media player. But for some unknown reasons, Windows Media Player stopped working this morning. In fact, I am not even able to run WMP now.

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After messing with it around for a little while, I found reinstalling the WMP is the final solution as I was in hurry.

 

If you too have a serious issue with Windows Media Player and want to repair it quickly, you can reinstall the program to fix it.

How to reinstall Windows Media Player 

1. Type appwiz.cpl in Start menu search box and hit enter to launch Program and Features window.

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2. In the left pane, click Turn Windows features on or off option to see Windows Features window.

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3. Here expand Media Feature list and then uncheck Windows Media Player box. If you are prompted with “this will also turn of Windows Media Center” message simply click Yes as you will reinstall it later.

 

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5. You will be asked to Reboot your PC to uninstall WMP. Hit Restart now button to do so.

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6. As you need to reinstall Windows Media Player, you need to install WMP again. Once again, open Windows Features window, tick the Windows Media Player & Windows Media Center Media Center boxes and then click Ok button to begin installing the WMP & WMC again.

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7. You are done!  

Also read: How to reinstall Windows 7.

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22 Comments

  1. Nelson
    Posted November 17, 2010 at 12:36 am | Permalink

    Hi!
    I was having some problems with my windows media player (windows 7 version), so i decided to reinstall it, like you have done in your tutorial.

    I uninstalled it successfully, but, when i try to install it again, I either get a blue screen, or my pc just crashs :s
    Any solutions apart installing the windows 7 again? :S

  2. admin
    Posted November 17, 2010 at 8:00 am | Permalink

    Try repairing WMP using Fix WMP tool. Or else, use system restore point to restore it the earlier state.

  3. Nelson
    Posted November 19, 2010 at 2:47 am | Permalink

    Thanks!
    I managed to instal the windows media player, but the original problems I had with it, still remains.
    Some albuns just don’t show at library, and i can’t eliminate moved albuns.

  4. Elizabeth Jane
    Posted November 25, 2010 at 3:15 pm | Permalink

    I have an Aireo “Element” SoniqCast Wifi-enabled MP3 player which I purchased five or six years ago. I am now using Windows 7 on a notebook and I cannot install the software on the Aireo – the software (which is needed for me to connect my Aireo wirelessly to my computer) downloads the software automatically onto my computer when connected via USB, as it is supposed to, but the install of the (1) SoniqSync, (2) MUSICMATCH Jukebox and (3) Windows Media Player 9 (required) fails when the installer tries to install Windows Media Player 9, because it is blocked by Windows 7. It doesn’t matter that I have WMP12 on my computer, the installation is blocked, and that is the end of the story!

    This is a quote from the Aireo manual:

    “The SoniqSync Installation Wizard will install Windows Media Player 9 Series. SoniqSync requires this version (or newer) of Windows Media Player. If Windows Media Player 9 Series (or newer) is already installed on your PC, the SoniqSync Installation Wizard will not re-install the application.”

    … but that shouldn’t mean that it won’t install anything at all – Windows has screwed up somewhere, with Windows 7, I think – Windows MP12 should not prevent this installation of an MP3 player’s software package from proceeding when the software doesn’t have any objections to later versions of Windows Media Player?!

    If I uninstalled Windows MP12 could I safely install and use WMP9, instead, in Windows 7? … And if so, will that be the (albeit small) price I have to pay for being able to keep using my Aireo MP3 player?

  5. chikku
    Posted December 8, 2010 at 11:08 pm | Permalink

    I would like to know how to install windows media player 9 in windows 7, as i have some applications which runs with wmp 9 only…

  6. shiza
    Posted December 16, 2010 at 12:46 pm | Permalink

    thanx 4 details

  7. Jason
    Posted January 18, 2011 at 9:39 am | Permalink

    Thanks a lot! Someone seemed to have disabled WMP on my computer and I was having a great deal of trouble getting it back (since it’s not available for download on microsoft.com).

  8. Davian
    Posted January 24, 2011 at 6:21 am | Permalink

    Hi
    I uninstalled windows media using this method but when i try to reinstall media center again, i could not did this because windows features show a message ” an error has occurred” whit windows center. so please if somebody can help me. I’ll be thankful. i hope you guys understand me!!!

  9. David
    Posted February 27, 2011 at 11:18 am | Permalink

    Thank you so much! It worked like a charm! :) It saved me from having to transfer all of my music to another media player.

  10. Frukoz
    Posted March 5, 2011 at 6:55 am | Permalink

    For anyone who has tried EVERYTHING in this article and is still having problems…

    I had to uninstall PlayReady and as soon as that was done, Sky player, MSN Video Player, and Search functions became available.

    - Go to control panel
    - Click on “Programs and Features”
    - Uninstall “Playready PC Runtime amd64″
    - Restart WMC and all options should now be available (no need to even download in my case)

    Hope this helps.

  11. kelly
    Posted June 15, 2011 at 8:37 am | Permalink

    men thanks a lot men, i have reinstalled my windows media… u’re GREAT!!!

  12. john
    Posted July 24, 2011 at 9:48 pm | Permalink

    many thanks for straightforward solution-star man !

  13. Saud
    Posted July 28, 2011 at 1:11 pm | Permalink

    i want to install windows media player 9 series on windows 7 but i cant find any wmp 9 setup for win-7.wat can i do??

  14. ChrisR
    Posted August 8, 2011 at 9:05 am | Permalink

    Hi,

    I have tried virtually everything to fix my WMP 12 including most suggested including Turn Windows features off, then on after restart and FixWMP utility.
    No results, the player just “stops working” and windows is looking for a solution……
    I suspect it has to do with some codecs I have installed…
    Anybody has other solutions?

    Thank you

  15. Phuti sefamela
    Posted September 26, 2011 at 9:18 pm | Permalink

    Need media player

  16. Isaiah
    Posted February 4, 2012 at 6:05 am | Permalink

    will i lost my playlist after i install it again??? tnx for an immediate response!!!

  17. bobi
    Posted March 1, 2012 at 10:28 am | Permalink

    Thanks, you solved my problem… God bless.

  18. salm
    Posted May 15, 2012 at 5:35 pm | Permalink

    i reinstall and install the wmp but it doesnt wark

  19. china
    Posted December 12, 2012 at 7:34 am | Permalink

    thanks a lot . problem solved. thank you thank you .
    Na mo amituofo !

  20. Conrad
    Posted March 2, 2013 at 2:15 am | Permalink

    Thanks ! It works for me.

    Windows why why do they change the ordinary way of uninstall programs. No wonder APPLE is growing.

  21. misti
    Posted March 17, 2013 at 10:50 pm | Permalink

    HELP!! I have tried this method twice and WMP will not work. The short cuts are there and it is in all the places it should be but when I click to open it…nothing happens, no error message or anything. Please help me out here because I have no clue what else to do. Thanks soooo much!

  22. Samuel
    Posted March 31, 2013 at 3:54 pm | Permalink

    It Doesn’t solved my problem it give me the Error “An Error Has occurred, Not All Features were Successfully Changed”

    Please Help ! Thank U

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