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Windows Media Player 9 on Windows 7 and issues
Somehow, there is no guide on configuring WMP9 for use in Windows 7 although there are various youtube videos detailing this job. Media Player 9 Windows 7 - YouTube
The long and the short is thus.
You need to uninstall or rather disable the current integrated version of WMP that comes with W7. This is done by going to Control Panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows Features on or off and navigating to Media Features and unchecking the boxes within that category. You restart while W7 configures the changes made and upon boot up you're now WMP free.
You can now install WMP9. Upon running the MPSetup.exe W7 blocks progression of the install due to "compatability issues". It is here you need to navigate to the specified folder where the extracted install files are located. You will also need Resource Hacker(website) in order to modify the WMP9 setup executable proper. What this amounts to is modifying the version details of the WMP9 setup to be read as version 13 rather than version 9 and in a separate location removing a warning flag that would otherwise also halt proper installation. Modifying both scripts results in being able to run and finally install WMP9.
The end result is WMP9 does indeed work but there is a glaring issue I have come across which negates my continued usage of the program in this scenario. Due to the fact the W7 integrated WMP and associated Media Features have been properly uninstalled/disabled/removed, the interloping WMP9 is not properly integrated as the W7 version would/should be. This results in a problem for file association, specifically, default file association.
Every time I choose to open/execute use of an .mp3 file I am prompted with this screen:
In this instance I have multiple media players installed, however even if WMP9 is the only player I am shown this screen every time I open a media file outside the program in normal W7 file browsing.
Even under the Default Programs menu it seems the settings never stick due to WMP9 not being recognized properly by the shell, so I assume.
Here under Set Default Programs Windows Media Player is absent.
My thought is if you can properly modify the registry or have some deeper resource management which will allow WMP9 to be properly "seen" by W7 it would allow for normal usage and specification that it could be set and have stick the default program parameter for various media file types. I figured to post here in a gambit others may be interested in helping solve this case since nobody of the above youtube demonstrations addresses this issue, nor have I seen much information elsewhere.
I'm not dead-set on using WMP9 but I felt it had a good interface and nice ease of use and the fact it can be used in W7 similar to re-enabling Windows Mail but is in my view only partially functional due to the default program situation suggests it could be all the way working properly with some more work/investigation. I may end up going back to whippin the llama's ass since WMP9 effectively killed my use of WinAMP some 10+ years ago, the circle would be complete.
Anyway, any help is appreciated. I am using W7 Ultimate and I've yet to try this on other installations but I'm sure its the same at this point in development.
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9 is 14 years old and not designed for anything higher than XP. Due to the significant differences in the OS's I'm not surprised that it isn't working for you.
