Comments on: How to Uninstall and Rollback Windows Media Player 11

By: ZachDMS

ZachDMS — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:03:57 +0000

WMP10 cannot be installed safely/sanely over the top of WMP11. How you handle this depends upon the exact scenario. If you’re trying to install it on Vista, that won’t work. If you’re trying to install it on XP, you need to remove the Windows Media 11 Format Runtime first.

This is due to the limitations of the WMP*10* installer, which was written years(?) before WMP11 and thus does not know about WMP11 and cannot safely handle installing over the top of it.

By: preeti

preeti — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:20:15 +0000

RUN-REGEDIT-EDIT-FIND-WMP11

AND I DELETED IT ALL EVEN FROM CONTROL PANEL,,,,

YET IT WONT LET ME DWNLD WMP 10…………..

PLZ HELP I WILL APPRECIATE STEP BY STEP GUIDE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I THINK WMP 11 IS LIKE VIRUS,,,,BULLS,,

FRUSTRATED BABY,,

By: ZachDMS

ZachDMS — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:57:54 +0000

Yes, that is correct. WMP11 cannot be removed sanely from Vista, and WMP10 is not compatible with Vista. You would want to address your problem/concern in some other fashion.
If you want Vista without WMP11, you might want to use Vista “N” instead.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:07:30 +0000

i am using vista i want to remove windows media player 11 or roll back to 10 but it won’t let me. HELP!!!!!!!!

By: Inara-Jade

Inara-Jade — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:54:47 +0000

I’ve only yesterday updated to WMP 11, but it’s asking me to validate my version of windows before I’m able to run it. As I’m unable to validate it currently, I’m thinking of attempting to do this rollback thing. Will it work in my situation just as well?

And the restarting windows thing… Will that cause any data loss or anything, or is it essentially the same thing as restarting your computer?
Please excuse my lack of knowledge.. :$

By: marekas

marekas — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:49:35 +0000

thx DEMAS u saved my but from restarting my windows

By: ZachDMS

ZachDMS — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:02:35 +0000

XP or Vista?

If it doesn’t show up in Add/Remove Programs, that indicates it’s a baseline feature of your version of Windows, and removing it is probably going to break Media Center. I’m just guessing here because you’ve provided very little information, but that’s what it indicates so far. What file version is ‘wmploc.dll’?

By: Zen_Master

Zen_Master — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:02:52 +0000

Ok, so I have an interesting version of this problem, if anyone’s still following these posts…

I’ve read numerous methods to remove wmp11, and for some stupid reason, not one of them seems to apply to my system. Most notably,

Method #1 – Using Add/Remove Programs in control panel.
This would work great if it showed up in the list of programs, but even with “Show Updates” selected, nothing appears.

Method #2 – Using $NTUninstalls
I use Ccleaner, and therefore have no $NTUninstalls. Starting to rethink my frugal nature with disk space…

I absolutely *need* wmp10 back as I’m attempting to recover some files off a friend’s mp3 player, which for some stupid reason won’t allow me to install the bleeding driver without wmp10 OR LESS. Those of you with the Creative Zen Microphoto will know exactly what I’m talking about.

Anyway, all I’m asking is if anyone might have any hints I could follow to get rid of wmp11. I have the installer for 10, and an itchy mouse finger. Any help would be fantastically awesome.

By: JP

JP — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:21:08 +0000

Thanks Ken! Your instructions worked like a charm! Having grown tired of the constant reminders that an update is available, I clicked okay in a moment of weakness and instantly regretted doing so.

By: ZachDMS

ZachDMS — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:58:05 +0000

If you are missing files, you could simply run the system command “sfc /scannow” to repair those.

Note that Uninstalling/Rolling Back/Reinstalling the player would not be expected to be the answer to all the world’s problems. Most problems are NOT caused by problems that can be fixed in that fashion, but rather by other external factors that impact the player. The player’s just the victim.