WMP Toolbar listed twice in list for Taskbar

[Derek]

In the list of possible toolbars to be displayed on the XP taskbar,
I've got "Windows Media Player" listed twice. But only one of the two
listings actually works.

Using "add/remove Windows Components", I can remove the functional
toolbar listing. But that still leaves me with an option for "Windows
Media Player" that doesn't actually do anything - I can't even select
it.

Can anyone tell me how to get rid of this duplicate entry in the list
of possible taskbar toolbars?

Thanks.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Derek,

See if this helps, from Start/Run:

regsvr32 /u "%Programfiles%\Windows Media Player\wmpband.dll"

Restart Windows, and type this:

regsvr32 "%Programfiles%\Windows Media Player\wmpband.dll"

Restart again.

 

[Derek]

Hi Derek,

See if this helps, from Start/Run:

regsvr32 /u "%Programfiles%\Windows Media Player\wmpband.dll"

Restart Windows, and type this:

regsvr32 "%Programfiles%\Windows Media Player\wmpband.dll"

Restart again.

Ramesh,

That removes and restores the functional option for "Windows Media
Player." But the duplicate and non-working option is still there.

That's the same result I got when I used the "Add/Remove Windows
Components" window to remove Windows Media Player and then to restore
it.

Any other ideas?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Derek,

Download my program deskbands.exe from:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/deskbands.exe

Once you run the utility, it reports all the deskbands in a Notepad. Post
the contents here. I just need to check if there are two different Class IDs
involved or only one.

 

[Derek]

Derek,

Download my program deskbands.exe from:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/deskbands.exe

Once you run the utility, it reports all the deskbands in a Notepad. Post
the contents here. I just need to check if there are two different Class IDs
involved or only one.

Ok. Here's the output:

List of installed Deskbands

{01E04581-4EEE-11d0-BFE9-00AA005B4383}
&Address
%SystemRoot%\System32\browseui.dll

{0A4286EA-E355-44FB-8086-AF3DF7645BD9}
Windows Media Player
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpband.dll

{0E5CBF21-D15F-11d0-8301-00AA005B4383}
&Links
%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll

{6802E635-CB18-F544-790D-700BAC51E508}
Windows Media Player
C:\PROGRA~1\WINDOW~3\wmpband.dll

You're right, it's there twice. "Windows Media Player" and "Window~3"
are the same directory - I checked.

Next step?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Derek,

This CLSID seems to be the non-working one:
{6802E635-CB18-F544-790D-700BAC51E508}

Open Regedit and navigate to:

HKCR\CLSID\{6802E635-CB18-F544-790D-700BAC51E508}

Backup and delete this entry. Restart Windows.

 

[Derek]

Derek,

This CLSID seems to be the non-working one:
{6802E635-CB18-F544-790D-700BAC51E508}

Open Regedit and navigate to:

HKCR\CLSID\{6802E635-CB18-F544-790D-700BAC51E508}

Backup and delete this entry. Restart Windows.

Done and done. The "non-working" entry is gone. Thank you very much
for your help.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You've very welcome, Derek. Thanks for posting back!