windows media player desktop short cut

[Guest]

Good evening everyone.

Oooop's. Silly me deleted my windows media player off my desktop.

I can play music and watch videos still as it automatically starts up but i
have looked and tried to see if i could put the media icon back on my desktop
but i cant.

Can anyone help please by telling me how i put it back on please ?

Lamans terms please as i am bloody hopeless with PC's.

thank you very much

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Click Start > All Programs > right click the Windows Media Player icon >
click Send to > Desktop (shortcut). Alternatively you can right click the
icon, click Copy > open your User folder > open the desktop folder > right
click and click Paste.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Andre but the icon is not there anymore.

I have looked everywhere (i think) but i cannot find the icon.

The only icon i have is windows media centre !

God knows what i have done ?

:-(

Thanks Andre

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Go to x:\Program Files\Windows Media Player right click the wmplayer icon
and click Send to desktop.

x:\ representing the name of your drive.

 

[Guest]

No good.

that did not work either.

:-(

Go to x:\Program Files\Windows Media Player right click the wmplayer icon
and click Send to desktop.

x:\ representing the name of your drive.
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[Guest]

Kodiak Bear - Another way is to click Start ( that colored flag lower left),
go to "all programs", find Media Player, right click and click "Send To"
desktop.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Its not in the All Programs menu either. Kodiak Bear, those issue also occur
in other accounts on the computer? Have you tried repairing the Windows
installation to see if it will correct the problem? Boot off the Windows
Vista DVD, go into the Windows Recovery Management > select your
installation and click Repair.

 

[Guest]

Its not in the All Programs menu either. Kodiak Bear, those issue also occur
in other accounts on the computer? Have you tried repairing the Windows
installation to see if it will correct the problem? Boot off the Windows
Vista DVD, go into the Windows Recovery Management > select your
installation and click Repair.
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Thanks andre and wayne.
it looks like i need to take my PC back to the shop and get it fixed.
i have done as you said and done several searches for windows media player
11 on here and nothing ! most odd.
i even tried to download WMP 11 again and it said that i have a newer
version so it was not installed.
if it does get found i will let you know.
thank you for your help

 

[Guest]

Kodiak Bear - I would be interested in how you make out, as I have nearly the
exact symptoms.
My MP does not show in Computer like it once did, and I get the same message
when I tried to download it. Says I have the latest version.

The drive does not work. I can't play any CDs or rip music, but everything
already downloaded plays fine.

I know it's a warranty matter, but just haven't done anything yet. I still
have 5 mnths.
Only difference is mine does show in "all programs" and I have the desktop
icon.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

The Media Player 11 available for download is for Windows XP. Windows Vistas
built in Media Player 11 is specifically developed for the OS. Again, I
would try repairing the installation to see if it corrects it or do a System
Restore before the problem started occuring.

 

[Guest]

Andre - Thanks, but Kodiak's and my problem are of a mechanical nature. We
both need a new Player installed under warranty.

I have MP 11. It shows as being installed when I try to download, but it is
apparently defective.
I just have put off contacting Dell because they gave me a rough time in the
past about a warranty matter.
They tried to talk me out of it and kept me on the phone for 3 hours passing
me from one person to another, each asking me the same stupid questions. I'm
not looking forward to that again unless I have a big bottle of booze at hand.

And they lie about 1 year, next day, in-house service. They sent me the part
UPS and I installed it. Fortunately, it was a Hard Drive that took 5 minutes
to snap in place.

But it took 1 week to convince them that I needed it!

 

[zachd [MSFT]]

You can't install Windows Media Player by itself. If you want to reinstall
it, you have to reinstall Vista. I put together a tentative set of data
that would enable a reinstall of the player, but I did this by hand and
there are NO official or supported ways short of a Vista reinstall.

If the shortcut is gone, you can run:
unregmp2.exe /ShowWMP
or
unregmp2.exe /Shortcuts
and those should come back. But WMP generally tries to avoid putting on a
desktop shortcut.

You can also run
"%programfiles%\windows media player\setup_wm.exe" /RunOnce
since that dialog set should let you add a desktop shortcut if you use the
Custom path.

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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