Need WMP 12 back

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My son’s Windows 7 laptop had WMP 12 on it, but was having trouble trying to save files, so he was going to go down to 11 and only got as far as turning off the service and downloading the exe for 11 install. He said it gave some kind of errors when trying to install 11, now 12 won’t work. A popup says to download from the web, but of course that goes to a dead file and I think 12 is part of W7 isn’t it?

How can we get WMP 12 running again?

–KZ

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Go to Control Panel | Programs | Turn Windows features on or off. Expand “Media features”. If Windows Media Player is not selected then select it and OK your way out. If it is still selected then unselect it, OK your way out, re-boot, return to the same place and select it again. If it still does not work then you probably need to do a repair install with your Windows installation media.

Joe

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My son’s Windows 7 laptop had WMP 12 on it, but was having trouble trying to save files, so he was going to go down to 11 and only got as far as turning off the service and downloading the exe for 11 install. He said it gave some kind of errors when trying to install 11, now 12 won’t work. A popup says to download from the web, but of course that goes to a dead file and I think 12 is part of W7 isn’t it?

How can we get WMP 12 running again?

–KZ

Well if you have the win 7 DVD you can do a repair install. Just boot from the dvd and click repair my computer

Make sure you have a resore point and backup just in case.

Ken J

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We didn’t purchase an install CD.

I tried the restore point, but it didn’t list that it would repair that. Maybe I should still try that.

Will try the Media Features again. It was checked, but didn’t try the uncheck reboot recheck route yet.

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Tried the media feature and rebooted, Still doesn’t work….

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There is probably a recovery partition on your PC. Most vendors supply software to burn a Recovery/reinstallation DVD. You should try to find that software and burn a DVD.

Before you try anything with the DVD, backup your system.

Then insert the DVD and see if it will let you repair the existing installation.

Joe

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Found out that Toshiba has a fully hidden recovery area. Needed to type in recovery and it’s now creating 5 DVDs. We’ll see how that goes. Seems like a lot of DVD’s. Windows 7 itself only comes on one DVD, right?

Once I get the DVD’s created, what should I do next to resstore the WMP12?

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Put in DVD one, reboot, choose Boot to DVD, follow directions. Select install, then Repair Installation, then follow prompts. I believe these are the steps you need. Without actually using the 5 DVD system (Must not be using compression at all) I cannot predict the exact sequence.

Once done, read the threads in Security and Backup and create an Image for this purpose. You can restore in 15 minutes.

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5 dvd sounds like your creating a system image of the whole pc

Start tapping F8 as it boots through bios. Once it comes up just highlight Repair My Computer and press enter.
You will have System restore and might be able to restore to earlier than when he tried to downgrade.
As always backup your stuff to dvd first.

Normally an OEM creates a restore partition and you can get to it by going same place. That image will be the image created when it left the factory. Notice: It totally wipes out your system
At bottom you can see my Dell factory restore. However I cannot use anymore since they upgraded my Vista to Win 7 and I done fresh install and wiped that partition out.

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CrazyKZ, once you restore your computer to its factory fresh condition, it would be a good time to make an image backup so you do not have to use the DVDs again if anything you install breaks your Windows installation. After you have a fresh image backup, reinstall your software programs, etc., restore your data files and then do another image backup once you have Windows pretty much set the way you want it. If you are able to do this, preferably to an external USB hard drive, you would hopefully never have to return your computer to the factory fresh state.

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It sounds like everyone is talking about doing a complete system restore. I don’t want to do that. Everything works fine excpet for Windows Media Player 12. Is that not possible? If not, the easiest thing will be to simply download and install v11.

The 5 DVD’s were outlined here: https://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/bulletinDetail.jsp?soid=2753749&pf=true

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If your not willing to reinstall then your best option would be to forget about Windows Media player altogether.
It looks like the only way you are going to get it back would be to do a reinstall, or repair install.
Try VLC Player exclusively for video, and WINAMP exclusively for audio.
Both of these are by far superior to WMP.

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CrazyKZ,

Since Windows Media Player can only be turned on or off under Programs and Features, rather than uninstalled, then it is a protected component of Windows 7, and might be fixed by running System File Checker. Open a Command Prompt — Start Orb | All Programs | Accessories | Command Prompt ….right click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator, and type in sfc /scannow . Be sure to include the space between ‘sfc’ and ‘/’ . This will check your system files for integrity and replace any missing or corrupt. Maybe it will fix WMP. It will only take a little time to find out. If it needs to replace any system files, hopefully it can access your hidden recovery partition to do so. If not, it may ask for a Windows installation DVD. Maybe you can borrow one from a friend that has the same edition as you.

I do not recall reading that you actually attempted a System Restore. SR is much better in Windows 7 than in earlier versions. Before trying SFC, try a restore point made prior to the problem with WMP12. If the WMP problem corrupted any registry keys in the process, SR should fix that. It should also reverse the attempt to install WMP11. Anyway, SR and SFC may be the only options aside from moving to the software Clint suggested or doing a recovery install of Win7.

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The system file checker didn’t find anything wrong.

The Windows Media Center will load and play music, etc., but not the Windows Media Player.

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What I meant was you are creating restore image of the PC right now with problem. Should have been done at very first.
Try the system restore 1 day prior to when he done the downgrade and it should take care of it. I use the one from tap F8 because that is before the GUI loads and better chance

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I still believe a repair install may fix the problem. Using your restore partition you should be able to select a repair install rather than a complete install to repair just the problems.

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