media player 32 problem...

[bizoot]

It all started when I wanted to downgrade media player 12 to 11...
I followed these steps:

1. Run services.msc
Stop the Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service.

2. Take ownership of these files

=> All files in "Program Files\Windows Media Player\" folder
=> All files starting with "wmp" in System32 folder
=> wmploc.dll.mui in "Sytem32\en-us\" folder

3. Run the media player 11 installer.

4. Before u reboot, open regedit and delete this key
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Setup\Installed Versions"

5. Reboot

I kept a full registry export of my registry...
Installation did not go so smooth, had errors in process.
Now, media player from "program files" folder- works, but media player from X86 folder does NOT!
I can't seem to upgrade, and reg backup file does not work!

What should I do?
Thanks!

 

[zigzag3143]

bizoot

Best bet, restore from before the above, or re-install. You can alo run sfc/scannow to check system files, do a repair install

If it were mine I would clean install

Ken

 

[bizoot]

sfc /scannow does not work.
I don't want to start a clean installation of windows I dont have time for that.

When I double click a movie, there's a pop up saying: "windows media player is not installed properly and must be reinstalled. Do you want to install the player from the Microsoft website?" But if I chose "yes", I get redirected to the website but there's a message: " There is no download available for this operating system. Please visit Windows Update to check for the latest Windows Media Player updates. "

 

[bizoot]

anyone?

 

[zigzag3143]

biz

In what way doesn't sfc/scannow not work? does it not run or not do anything?

 

[bizoot]

it starts, it does what it's supposed to do, but it doesn't help...

 

[bizoot]

anyone?

 

[bizoot]

never mind I fixed it
thanks

 

[TGSoldier]

How did you fix it? Please share.

 

[Orbital Shark]

never mind I fixed it
thanks

Hi, sorry for not replying. Exactly how did you fix it?

It could come in very handy for other members who may be having the same issue.

Cheers in advance

 

[bizoot]

very difficult I don't even know what I did.
it took me a while and I did all sorts of things but what I think sealed the deal was:
went to "turn windows features on and off" from add/remove programs, removed media player completely.
installed wmplayer 11 (this time had no errors) - and then removed it
went back to "turn windows features on and off", and installed wmplayer 12 again,
then I only had 1 file with a wrong version (wmplayer.exe - instead of 12.0.7600.16385, it was 12.0.7000.7000) so I searched the computer for the newer version,fownd it somwhere in wow64 or amd64 folder I think, replaced it (had to take ownership for that) and that's it I think...
somewhere in between I used a program to change file versions I dont remember when exactly or whats it's name.
hope this helps