Comments on: How do I uninstall Windows Media Player 10 and roll back to previous player

By: vishal

vishal — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:42:01 +0000

i tried to uninstall wmp 10 n it shows that it has been rollback but its still there….wat should i do now..

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Uninstall Windows Media Player — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:45:29 +0000

[...] Start -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Show Updates -> Windows XP – Software Updates -> (click) Windows Media Player 10 -> (click) Change/Remove -> follow instructions -> Restart! [via] [...]

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:23:19 +0000

Never saw a meadia player 10 just media runtime 11 and a bunch of updates to media player but not 10. yet media 10 help says it is media 10. I still can’t remove it.

By: Yogui

Yogui — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:53:33 +0000

Hi there.

I have win xp sp2 and I did not had any issue, thanks a lot. I think is just a matter of if you did had wmp 9 before, since I did and it worked for me…

Thanks !!!

By: Cristhian

Cristhian — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:53:52 +0000

To those who are still struggling well I solved it along with some reading from people. To uninstall Media Player 10 and roll back to good old 9 the following needs to be done:

1. regedit to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Media Player\Setup\Installed Versions\ key. In here you should see 3 files that correspond to WMP10. Delete them.

2. Re-install WMP10 using the download from Microsoft. Don’t use update just download the stand alone installer. Its about 13MB.

3. After re-installing run this on your “run” window:

“C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Setup_wm.exe” /Uninstall

this command will start the rollback and then it will prompt your computer to reboot. When you reboot you have WMP9 again.

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By: April

April — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:04:10 +0000

I don’t SP 2 and I still can’t get it to uninstall WMP 10. What do I do?

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:24:48 +0000

Have any of you good people noticed that “items played on the internet” and not automatically added to the library, even if the box “add music files to library when played” is checked? They are supposed to, according to the WMP10 help screen corresponding to this issue. Is it just me, or is Microsoft getting a tad frustrating?

Thanks!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:15:33 +0000

I did not have system restore active when I installed WMP 10, so the roll back wouldn’t work. I was frustrated at first when I read the article on this page, but started reading the responses. I do agree that the title is misleading, but how many of us disabled system restore for some reason without realizing it would prevent us from reverting to our favorite WMP?

I will try the action of uninstalling SP2, although I’m scared to death of doing it. I can’t get any of my media to play on WMP 10 because it reads I don’t have the proper licenses, but I know I do.

Microsoft is a PITA.

By: Lauretta Yates

Lauretta Yates — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:17:17 +0000

If i uninstall version 11 will it go back to 10?