Almost there- need help

I've successfully prevented a free media player called The KMPlayer from loading a live side section (whenever I open a video) which has movie or other annoying media ad offers... by adding a line in System32 > Drivers > etc >hosts file.

127.0.0.1 player.kmpmedia.net

Also, to block a patch update popup that also happens when opening a video: Control Panel > Windows Firewall > Inbound and Outbound block all executables in the player program location.

However, Internet Explorer still opens the page in the attached image whenever I open a video. I think it's the update patch pop-up mentioned above but without the content. It's a "can't display" message.

I tried adding the address line text half-seen in the image attachment to Internet Options > Security Restricted Sites. The line from the address field seen in the image attachment is:

res://ieframe.dll/dnserrordiagoff_webOC.htm -#h**p://player.kmpmedia.net/kmp_plus/platform/view/main (note: http changed with asterisks to prevent a hotlink)

When clicking Add, it shows up as "about page blank" in the Security > Restricted Sites field.

And, it did not work to prevent the "cannot display page" popup from appearing whenever I open a video. I also tried just the "http://player.kmpmedia.net/kmp_plus/platform/view/main" part of the text above from the address field. Didn't work.

How do I prevent that thing from appearing?

I can't help you crack it but I will say this; It probably opens a tunneling port.

See #14 Bookmarks in Get more out of VLC Media Player with these tips | Ghacks

shokan2 said:

I wish someone would show me a simple fast VLC bookmark feature.

Maybe take a look at Saleen Video Manager (WMV, MPEG, FLV...)

It's free.

Bookmarks and Playlists can be stored.

Requires VLC to be installed. It's not bad once you get used to it and set it up to your liking.

You can still open videos in full screen from within the interface.

Bing search came up with a few interesting items.

John said it looked okay so here's what I found which looked the most effective ?
http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question...7200054AAgY1D4

ThrashZone said:

Bing search came up with a few interesting items.

Not sharing today, Mike?

Bing: VLC Bookmarks

Bill
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Slartybart said:

ThrashZone said:

Bing search came up with a few interesting items.

Not sharing today, Mike?



Bill
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Nope it's about add blocking not a good topic according to forum rules ?

ThrashZone said:

Nope it's about add blocking not a good topic according to forum rules ?

Hmmmm, I see. We must have used different search criteria - I saw no references (in eight pages) to ad blocking in the results on the link I provided. I didn't dig down to the actual links in the results though.

Thanks for the feedback - you know I was just having a little fun with you - right? The smilies should have been a dead giveaway

edit: Aha! I was answering the question about VLC bookmarks and thought you searched for that as well. I went back and read post# 1, now I understand.

Bill
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