re: Uninstall Windows Media Player from XP
Friday, October 18, 2002 at 10:36 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by rick
(17 messages posted)
Agreed, I have found that using the add/remove windows components to remove windows
media player beta 9 from an XP set-up will not work. It simply disengages the media
player, the program itself
remains on your hard drive. If you try to delete the folder, you cant. It will simply
return. The only effective way I have found is to boot into safe mode and use a 3rd
party software such as "eraser" to get rid it. Go to the url below this message and
you will see how embedded beta 9 is into the XP system. Microsft should have provided
an uninstall option for this piece of $hit!
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-957704.html
On Tuesday, October 8, 2002 at 9:35 am, MaxB wrote:
>Yes... Some people write suggestions that they didn't check out. You CANNOT uninstall
>Windows Media Player this way (or, actually, you can't in any other way but manually
>deleting files from Safe mode).
>
>You CAN uninstall Windows Messenger this way - you've probobly made a mistake when
>editing "c:\windows\inf\sysoc.inf" file - line that starts with "msmsgs" inside
section
>[Components] must look exactly like this (without quotes): "msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7".
>Save file - you don't have to restart your computer - in Control Panel open "Add
>or Remove Programs" applet, click on "Add/Remove Windows Components" and the last
>item in the listbox will be (of cource, if you've done all correctly) "Windows Messenger".
>Uncheck that item and click Next. That's all.
>
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