If I recall, it doesn't really give you an option to where you want WMP
installed during the installation process; it seems to go to C: directly. So
what you're all saying is it can't be done? Okey dokey.
Why are people freaking out that I'm deleting files in the WMP folder? It's
just a media player. It's not like I'm trying to remove files from Windows,
System, System32. I'm dumb but not that dumb, heh.
BTW: I've tried changing the default registry keys for the WMP location and
they too get changed back to the original keys automatically.
Tim
"Tim Meddick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you have a "Windows Media Player" folder on drive [V:]
>
> Even though it is quite possible to 'start' WMPlayer by [clicking on]
going to the
> wmplayer.exe in the [V:] drive.
>
> It is very doubtfull (nay impossible) that WMP is registered [installed]
to that
> drive.
>
> All the WMP files will be registered to the "Windows Media Player" folder
on drive
> [C:] and NOT on drive [V:]
>
> If it were installed to drive [V:] it would be THOSE files to which
Windows File
> Protection would replace and you would be able to delete the [other] ones
it did not
> recognize.
>
> Since Win File Protect IS in operation on the [C:] files - it is THOSE
files that are
> the ones currently being used.
>
> You will find that you can copy the file 'wmplayer.exe' to ANY folder and
> double-click on it and WMP will start - but it will be using the files in
the
> "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player" folder.
>
> You can double check all of this by searching the registry for
"wmplayer.exe" and you
> will come up with the full path of C:\.....\.. and not V:\.....\.. for it
every
> time...
>
> DO NOT TRY TO DELETE ANYTHING IN THE WMP FOLDER ON [C:] DRIVE AGAIN
>
> You will end up loosing it and having to reinstall - if it's not too
messed up by
> then!
>
> ==
>
> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
>
>
>
>
> "Tim.T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have Windows Media Player installed in two places: C: and V: drives. I
> > prefer the V: location, so when I tried to delete the WMP files in C:,
the
> > Windows File Protection restored them immediately (is it supposed to do
> > that? I thought it only did that for important files...).
> >
> > So how do I remove WMP from C: drive completely without the damn Windows
> > File Protection from kicking in and restoring them again? Deleting the
files
> > isn't the problem; it's the WFP that reverses any changes I make which
is
> > the problem.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tim
> >
> >
>
>
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