Window Media Player toolbar

[Dr. Dinesh J. Karia]

Hi all,
I am a novice to XP. Once a popup told me that I can see controls of
window media player on the taskbar after minimizing it. I had to rightclick
the taskbar and activate the window media player toolbar. I did that and i
got it done. But all of a sudden the task bar stopped showing the toolbar. I
reactivated it by clicking but it did not. I do not know why. Could anybody
help please?

Dinesh Karia

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

This toolbar only appears when Media Player is running and is minimized.
This is called "mini mode".

 

[Dr. Dinesh J. Karia]

Thanks Doug,
However, I am not understood properly. I know that anything is shown on
the taskbar only when it is running. I am minimizing the WMP and on the
taskbar find only the icon and the lable of Window Media Player. What I want
is the control buttons, that is, the mini mode button.

Thanks in advance to all who peep in and answer,

Dinesh Karia

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Try the following. Click Start, Run and enter

REGSVR32 "C:\PROGRAM FILES\WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER\WMPBAND.DLL"

Make sure you include the quotes in the command line. If XP is installed on
a different drive than C:, change the path accordingly.