Re the article How do I reset the Windows Media Player video cache?:

I simply create a zero-length file and replace wmplibrary_v_0_12.db with it. Then I mark it as read-only. No more cache! (But please don't tell Microsoft.)

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can someone please send me an e-mail explaining exactly how to uninstaller windows media player please? my email is Kyle_Biddle72@hotmail.com

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Hi Marc Smith,

I did what you said and now I can't add any music or video files to the playlist.

Any ideas as to how I rectify this problem?

Thanks

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Try running this from the start menu->run command RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\wmp.inf,Uninstall

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THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. That was the most helpful command I have ever found on the internet.... thanks a bunch.

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Back to corncobman: I wanted to carry out your suggestion about the entry into DOS, but my problem is more complicated. I am trying to clean out all the old Windows Media files in order to reinstall WMP-9 which is a requirement for this French provider Numericable to pipe 6 channels of TV to my computer. I got rid of WMP-9 by restoring my system. But I am still stuck with WMP-7. I tried to enter the string you recommended into DOS but got stuck trying to enter the back slash (\). My only computer here in Nice is a French one and in order to do a back slash with this keyboard I have to use Ctrl+Alt+8. When I do that in DOS, I get ^\ instead of \. What can I do? I can write the \ ok to you because I am using an American English keyboard superimposed on the French one, but that won't work in DOS. Any ideas?


On Sunday, August 15, 2004 at 4:36 pm, Patrick wrote:
>THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. That was the most helpful command I have ever found on the
>internet.... thanks a bunch.

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Melrose Plant wrote:
"I tried to enter the string you recommended into DOS but got stuck trying to enter 
the back slash (\).  My only computer here in Nice is a French one and in order to 
do a back slash with this keyboard I have to use Ctrl+Alt+8.  When I do that in DOS, 
I get ^\ instead of \.  What can I do?"

Solution:
Hold down ALT, then type 0092 on the numeric keypad.
A list of similar ASCII commands to this can be found here:
http://www.hektra.nl/info/asci.html

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the best method inhave yet discovered to rid media player is to go into the add/remove windows components and un-check the media player box. this will disable any function of media player, and although it might not remove it, stop it working so as for instance, no media player links on the net work anymore. no probs for me.

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I went into the add/remove program from the start menu, clicked on windows media player, and just clicked on remove, and removed it. This increased my disk space on my "c" drive


On Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 4:58 am, fistofpie wrote:
>the best method inhave yet discovered to rid media player is to go into the add/remove
>windows components and un-check the media player box. this will disable any function
>of media player, and although it might not remove it, stop it working so as for instance,
>no media player links on the net work anymore. no probs for me.

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All you have done is delete all Links and some sample wavs/video.
WMP is and always be M$ Backdoor. When you do a complete clean up, work in th registry, 
stop M$ programs like explorer, works detect witch starts if you use wordpad, Word 
or Works and does 2 things, 1: tries to put itself back in msconfig/start, 2: send 
you personnel Info. [get Winpatrol to stop this]
So to Prove WMP needs to be removed Completely after a clean up [CCleaner, Trackless, 
MRU-Blaster, Index.dat Suite, ZeroTrace,CleanMOcache ] Play something with WinAmp 
then reboot. When winME/2000/XP is back up run Spybot click "File Sets then Usage 
Tracks check Only". To stop Info from leaving you PC do this after every reboot BUT 
before allowing the PC Internet access.
    For the safest and most secure win OS go to litepc.com
       Have Fun Bill
Ps
G-mail and M$ are watching YOU






On Sunday, June 19, 2005 at 6:55 am, d.hines wrote:

>I went into the add/remove program from the start menu, clicked on windows media 

>player, and just clicked on remove, and removed it.  This increased my disk space 

>on my "c" drive

>

>

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please tell me how i can uninstall the windows media player (below 9) so i can download in its place "windows media 9"; essentially to upgrade the player. I tried unsuccessfully to download "w.m.9" but was advised the earlier version (below 9) was in already in place. I thought maybe i could uninstall the below 9 player and the re-download the player? thanks for any help concerning.


On Sunday, August 15, 2004 at 4:36 pm, Patrick wrote:
>THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. That was the most helpful command I have ever found on the
>internet.... thanks a bunch.

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Try downloading a program called XPLite, its what I use, removes a whole host of unwanted programs ( if you choose to ) including option to remove WMP9.


On Saturday, August 13, 2005 at 5:43 pm, zary smith wrote:
>please tell me how i can uninstall the windows media player (below 9) so i can download
>in its place "windows media 9"; essentially to upgrade the player. I tried unsuccessfully
>to download "w.m.9" but was advised the earlier version (below 9) was in already
>in place. I thought maybe i could uninstall the below 9 player and the re-download
>the player? thanks for any help concerning.
>
>
>

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I tried to install windows media player10 and the install got hung up. I am on Windows 
XP pro. 
Now I can't uninstall the damn thing; I can't delete it, I can't do anything with 
it....HELP

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Say what? Can you put that in English please?


On Monday, June 7, 2004 at 11:11 am, corncobman wrote:
>Try running this from the start menu->run command
>
>RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\wmp.inf,Uninstall

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How do i uninstall windows media player? (9 or below)


On Sunday, August 15, 2004 at 4:36 pm, Patrick wrote:
>THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. That was the most helpful command I have ever found on the
>internet.... thanks a bunch. :) :-*

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