How To Uninstall Windows Media Player 11

Are you looking for a method to uninstall Windows Media Player 11? This article will outline the different methods and the steps to remove Windows Media Player 11.

Most software programs installed on your PC will have an Uninstall option in the program menu, from where you can easily uninstall the software. Even otherwise you can remove these software through Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel. But for windows programs like Windows Media Player 11, Internet Explorer 8 etc. it is not as straight forward as explained above.

Windows Media Player is a feature of the Windows operating system and cannot be removed entirely. However, depending upon which version of the Player and Windows that you are using, you might be able to roll back to the version of the Player that was previously on your computer. The procedure varies depending upon which version of the Player you are running.

How to uninstall Windows Media Player 11 in Windows XP?

• Click Start –> Control Panel
• Click “Add or Remove Programs” under the category view
• Click Remove a program (selected by default) and then at the top of the screen, locate and check the “Show Updates” box. This displays the software updates for the programs currently installed on your computer.
• In the Windows Updates section, click Windows Media Player 11, and then click Change/Remove. This is a larger file and may take several minutes to complete.
• If prompted, restart your computer, and then log on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group.
• Go back the Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs, and then click Remove a program.
• check the “Show Updates” box again and find Windows Media Format 11 runtime in the Windows Updates section
• click Windows Media Format 11 Runtime, and then click Change/Remove.
• If prompted, restart your computer, and then log on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group.
• Go back the Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs, and then click Remove a program.
• Click Microsoft User-Mode Driver Frameworks Feature Pack 1.0, and then click Change/Remove.
• Follow the instructions that appear in the Software Update Removal Wizard.
  If the Wudf01000 confirmation dialog box appears, click Yes to continue.
• When the software removal process is complete (it might take several minutes to complete), click Finish.

That is all!!! If you want to rollback to a previous version of Windows Media Player, you can even use System Restore to roll back to the previous version of the Player.

If the method described above does not work, then you try the following solution uninstall Windows Media Player.

• Click Start –> Run, type %windir%\$ntUninstallwmp11$\spuninst\spuninst.exe, and then click OK.
• Click Next, and then click Finish.

In Windows Vista, you cannot uninstall Windows Media Player as it is part of the Windows OS Platform. You can only turn on/off Vista features, including Windows Media Player.But note that this option does not remove it from your PC.

If you are having problem with the media player and if you have your Vista disc, try booting up with it and use the repair button, to see if it helps.

In case you want to reinstall WMP 11, Download Windows Media Player 11 from Microsoft website.

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