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I HAVE TRIED TO DOWNLOAD ALL VERSIONS OF WMP AND THIS IS WHAT I GET AFTER IT
TRYS TO INSTALL AND I CANT FIGURE OUT WHY. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME. I ALSO
CANT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO POST MY OWN QUESTION. I DONT KNOW WHAT THE HELL I AM
DOING HERE.

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:03:02 -0700, FORTHELOVEOFGODPLEASEHELPME
<FORTHELOVEOFGODPLEASEHELPME@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I HAVE TRIED TO DOWNLOAD ALL VERSIONS OF WMP AND THIS IS WHAT I GET AFTER IT
>TRYS TO INSTALL AND I CANT FIGURE OUT WHY. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME. I ALSO
>CANT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO POST MY OWN QUESTION. I DONT KNOW WHAT THE HELL I AM
>DOING HERE.


Please go here to download the most recent available version of
windows media player :

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...1/default.aspx

That will work for windows XP - Vista already has a version of media
player which cannot be downloaded or replaced.

What is it you're trying to do, and why ?

HTH
Cheers - Neil
------------------------------------------------
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2009
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

i have people send me attachments with windows media player and when i go to
upload and play it - it says that i need to download the latest version in
order to view the attachment. and when i do - it gives me that message. and
when i look for windows media player on my computer and go to open it - it
gives me that message. i dont know what that message means
--
HELP PLEASE


"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:03:02 -0700, FORTHELOVEOFGODPLEASEHELPME
> <FORTHELOVEOFGODPLEASEHELPME@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I HAVE TRIED TO DOWNLOAD ALL VERSIONS OF WMP AND THIS IS WHAT I GET AFTER IT
> >TRYS TO INSTALL AND I CANT FIGURE OUT WHY. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME. I ALSO
> >CANT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO POST MY OWN QUESTION. I DONT KNOW WHAT THE HELL I AM
> >DOING HERE.
>
>
> Please go here to download the most recent available version of
> windows media player :
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...1/default.aspx
>
> That will work for windows XP - Vista already has a version of media
> player which cannot be downloaded or replaced.
>
> What is it you're trying to do, and why ?
>
> HTH
> Cheers - Neil
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2009
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>

OK I think I approximately get what you're doing, though it's still a
bit of a guess.

If you can't find media player at all, go to windows explorer (not
internet explorer, the browser, but into My Computer)

Find the C: drive, then Program Files folder, and below that, the
folder called Windows Media Player.

Inside that folder is an icon for wmplayer.exe (it may just be called
wmplayer). Right-click that with your mouse, then choose from that
menu, "Send To -> Desktop"

That will create a (new) media player icon on your desktop which you
can use to start media player up.

Once that's running,

On windows XP you can go to media player's more options (any of the
small dropdown menus, e.g below Now Playing is a small menu, then
choose More Options from there)

Now go to File Types, and Select All file types.

On Vista, instead, you'd head to Control Panel, then Default Programs
(or type Default Programs into the Search box on the start menu), find
windows media player on that list, then set it default for all files
it can handle.


In both cases (XP or Vista) you should always use Save As for the file
attachment from your email, and save it to your local computer (e.g.
to the My Videos folder) before trying to play it by double-clicknig
the video file :

Some email programs don't tell media player what to do with the file
when you try to play it back directly from the email.

HTH - Cheers, Neil



On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 20:14:01 -0700, FORTHELOVEOFGODPLEASEHELPME
<FORTHELOVEOFGODPLEASEHELPME@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>i have people send me attachments with windows media player and when i go to
>upload and play it - it says that i need to download the latest version in
>order to view the attachment. and when i do - it gives me that message. and
>when i look for windows media player on my computer and go to open it - it
>gives me that message. i dont know what that message means
>HELP PLEASE
>
>
>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:03:02 -0700, FORTHELOVEOFGODPLEASEHELPME
>> <FORTHELOVEOFGODPLEASEHELPME@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I HAVE TRIED TO DOWNLOAD ALL VERSIONS OF WMP AND THIS IS WHAT I GET AFTER IT
>> >TRYS TO INSTALL AND I CANT FIGURE OUT WHY. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME. I ALSO
>> >CANT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO POST MY OWN QUESTION. I DONT KNOW WHAT THE HELL I AM
>> >DOING HERE.
>>
>>
>> Please go here to download the most recent available version of
>> windows media player :
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...1/default.aspx
>>
>> That will work for windows XP - Vista already has a version of media
>> player which cannot be downloaded or replaced.
>>
>> What is it you're trying to do, and why ?
>>
>> HTH
>> Cheers - Neil
>> ------------------------------------------------
>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2009
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>>
------------------------------------------------
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2009
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs