cant uninstall windows media player 10!

discostew · #1 12-25-2004, 11:57 PM

hi,

i was using windows media player 9 to play video embedded in webpages and it worked fine. i then decided to upgrade to version 10. unfortunately, version 10 didn't seem to work, i could hear the audio but the video was frozen. i tried to do the rollback uninstall to version 9 but it gave me errors, so i manually tried to delete the windows media player files from my "program files" directory. after i did this, there was no more option to uninstall WMP in add/remove programs so i can't uninstall WMP anymore. i reinstalled WMP10 but there is still no way for me to uninstall it.

does anyone know of a way to uninstall WMP10? thanks

Flyfsh · #2 12-26-2004, 12:39 AM

mine is acting screwy too. would love to get it out of my puter

Info · #3 12-26-2004, 09:26 PM

When you get to add / remove, is there a tick in show updates

Flyfsh · #4 12-26-2004, 11:32 PM

Thanks INFO. I checked the box that says show updates. There I found #10 & when i hit uninstall is said it was rolling back to previous version. I did that & will try media player tomorrow. Thanks for the help

discostew · #5 12-27-2004, 05:05 PM

it works!! thanks info. by the way, also remember to uninstall the windows media runtime format if your wmp10 wasn't playing streaming video

Info · #6 12-29-2004, 05:50 PM

You can get the version of WMP you prefer here

http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=wmp

DlennartD · #7 01-02-2005, 12:37 PM

I can't find the box that says show updates.
Where can I find it?

Greetz,

Lennart.

Info · #8 01-02-2005, 12:42 PM

Click start then control panel then add / remove and it should be at the top next to the sort by box

DlennartD · #9 01-02-2005, 03:30 PM

ok, thx, it works!!!!

Greets from holland!!!!

tank69420 · #10 03-04-2005, 06:19 PM

[no there is no tick

Info · #11 03-04-2005, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tank69420

[no there is no tick

Put a tick there and scroll down

lmcph · #12 03-24-2005, 03:59 AM

I have similar problems about WMP10 but I cant try the solution you suggested 'coz I dont have a "Show updates" box on the Add or Remove Programs. Pls help. Thanks

Joshy Christ · #13 04-19-2005, 08:22 AM

my problem is similar to the problem stated here

but, its slightly different just the same

i have a brand new computer that has always had windows media player 10 and as such it has nothing to roll back too

and im figuring that i have to get an older version installed in order for my problem to be solved

the problem being that with mozilla i cant view embedded video on webpages

im using the newest version of mozilla and whenever i try to install wmp9 it says i have a more recent version installed and it will now close

any way for me to get these embedded videos to play without getting version 9 installed or getting it installed and getting rid of 10?

i know it works with version 9 and the newest mozilla because i had another computer with those on it and it worked just fine

Info · #14 04-19-2005, 09:30 AM

You can get previous version for most players from here

Old Version

Joshy Christ · #15 04-19-2005, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Info

You can get previous version for most players from here

Old Version

im well aware of that that i already stated that i had an older version of it but as i ALSO said that it pops up a message that says that i have a more recent version installed and it will now close