Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

Thanx to Doom9 member CademiaX it is now possible to install Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit.

WARNING: We do not offer any guarantee. You may use the following instuctions at your own risk.

*1.* Boot Into *SAFE MODE! (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...spx?mfr=true)* - This won't work if you don't!

*2.* Disable Application Compatibility - This won't work if you don't!

Code:
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*A.* Click Start, type "gpedit.msc" in the Start Search bar, press enter.

*B.* Expand "Administrative Templates", then expand "Windows Components",
find "Application Compatibility" (2nd one under Windows Components).

*C.* Double click "Remove Program Compatibility Property Page", Select enable, then click "Next Setting" at the bottom.

*D.* Repeat Untill all settings are enabled.
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*3.* Download Windows Media Player 10 With auto batch installer! - Created by doom9 member called CademiaX.

Code:
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*A.* Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/28846725/321.rar.html

*B.* Extract the archive and right click on "Install.bat", click edit. Then click
Edit > Replace, Find what: Bobby | Replace with: *Your Vista User Name!*,
click replace all, save and exit.

*C.* Then run the included batch file "Install.bat"! (This is all automated,
if it askes you if you want to overwrite something, then the file is being used
by another process and cant be accessed, if it does happen, exit, make sure
you are in safe mode and that no other programs are running and run the
Install.bat again)

*D.* Follow the WMP10 installer instructions. (If it says wmp10 is already installed, browse to \program files (x86)\Windows Media Player\ and run wmplayer.exe, and if that tells you file xxxx is version 10.xx, expecting version 11.xx, arrange icons by name, select all the .inf files, right click > install, one wont work, it will tell you and the rest will continue, after that run \program files (x86)\Windows Media Player\setup_wm.exe)
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*4.* Security component upgrade

Code:
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*A.* Visit (IE ONLY): http://services.wmdrm.windowsmedia.c...en/indivit.asp
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Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

I am running vista home basic and it does not have gpedit.msc is there another way to do this hack and install mp10?

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

I would be glad to help, but unfortunately I don't have Vista.

Why do you need WMP10?

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

I don't need mp10, I just prefer it and if there is a way to install it on vista then why not?

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

If you don't need it to remove DRM or for whatever other reason you can always use free alternative players like Media Player Classic, Winamp, Foobar,...

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

Home versions of Windows Vista and XP don't have gpedit.msc.

You should change registry settings instead.

Microsoft.com: Group Policy Settings Reference

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

This file is for registry settings in XP and earlier, will it work for Vista?

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

beware of what you do, I did something wrong aparently and eneded up with the most current IBX running in Windows Media Player 10 and it killed my TV tunner then I tried to re-download Windows Media Player 11 and it said thats what I had and it wouldent do anything, finally got fusterated and re-downloaded the OS which wasent so bad because I had done it earlyer in the week and getting this to work was one of the 1st things I started with. everythings good now, except I still cant get this to work.

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

Turn off Automatic Windows Update. If you update Windows, do it selectively: do not install anything related to Windows Media Player and Windows Media Framework.

Although it won't help if your content provider will force you to upgrade, it can solve many problems.

Also see the following thread:
How to roll back or uninstall Windows Media Player 11 (Windows Vista)

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

Thanks for this great package. WMP10 is so much better than v11. (more advanced options, support for audio devices...)

Once installed, you get more chances to run WMP10 from Vista if you right-click a video and choose open with... instead of simply launching the player.

Oh, by the way, you need to 'take ownership' of dlls which refuse to be overwritten. There is a script somewhere that permits this operation via right-click.

Plz, keep posting tips about tweaking Vista the way WE want it to behave !

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

I can't get this to work. Half the time I get the message that a newer version is installed already, and the other half I get some random error saying setup cannot continue.

When I extract the rar file, I'm getting a whole bunch of corrupt file warnings...is this normal? Does anybody have a known good version of the rar file that I can use?

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

I've noticed the following error message after a few reboots:
"The file wmp.dll version number is 11.0.6001.7000 but 10.0.3802 was expected".
Forcing me to go through the install procedure again (no workaround I know of worked).

@Freak4Dell : check your download manager, the package should be OK. I can put it on my web site, if you still have problems.

Also, make sure you don't miss any install step.

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

Okay, the package works now, but I still can't get this thing to work. At first I was getting a whole bunch of Access Denied reports in the Install.bat process, and it would ask me to overwrite a file (seemed to be a different one every time). After hitting yes a few times and realizing that it wasn't working, I went through every file and changed the permissions in order to allow it to overwrite it. I wasn't able to change 2 files. Anyway, now I run it and I get this:

I tried the trick with the inf files, and the one that won't work is wpdmtp.inf. Then I run setup_wm.exe, and run that through, but at the very end, it gives me this:

This is driving me nuts. I'm about to just go back to XP to get my WMP back.

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

I thought of something a bit radical, and really it doesn't comes with any warranty :

You could install a "N" version of Windows Vista (or use Vlite) to have your system setup free of WMP 11. Then may be, there would be less conflicting files when installing WMP 10.

That's if you really can't live without WMP10, but there are other features-packed free Media Players available, The KMPlayer being an example of such.

Again, reread the whole thread and make sure you didn't miss any step.

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

Well, I thought about that earlier, and I asked on another forum, and they said it most likely wouldn't work.

Anyway, one of my friends told me about MediaMonkey, which essentially has the interface of WMP10, so I started using that. I'll probably try the lite version of Vista at some point when I have time, but for right now, MediaMonkey works well. I just really missed the left-hand pane with all the expandable lists...they made navigation of the library so much easier.

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

MediaMonkey is great for handling MusicMatch additional tags, inmho. You can use an external player with it, though.

Windows has some security mechanisms which prevent too much tampering with the system files, reloading itself from cache. Can't you just take ownership of wmploc.dll, rename it to wmploc.dll.BAK and replace it with the wmploc.dll from the archive ?

By booting on a newly created user account, I noticed wmp10.inf was missing. Here is what I did : copied wmp10.inf from the archive to Windows inf folder. right click, installed it. It asked me for the dlls and exe files location of WMP10.

Then did what I just wrote for wmp.dll.
It works, till of course Windows replaces the d*mn dll again.

Attached to this post, you will find the DRM patch in the form of a wma file.

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

I got as far as this

TO SOLVE THIS

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

Happy new year !

I didn't find any such keys in HKEY_LM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/MediaPlayer/Setup
(I use a 32-bit SP1 Windows Vista Entreprise), only :
FavoritesURLs, Install ID, InstallResult, LibraryMigrated, PlaylistsVersion, Progress_CurrentDialog, Progress_CurrentInstall, Progress_MaxDialog, Progress_MaxInstall, ResetAutoPlay.

This has to be confirmed, but, while I was presented with the same error message about wmploc.dll version, the following command worked for me :
"c:\windows\inf\unregmp2.exe /UpdateWMP"


I am preparing a repack of the WMP10 for Vista setup with a few goodies, should I contact CademiaX about it ?

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

Yup ! Deleting the 3 keys worked for me (for some reason, I was not able to setup WMP10 as easily this time). Not sure about the command above (can't delete my previous posts), it seems to "repair" WMP11. How did these 3 keys appear again in my registry :confused: ?

Told CademiaX about my intentions to rework his solution (with my limited scripting knowledge), I think I'll repost it on my web site in a few days, until someone points me a more adequate place.

Please don't just stand in the shadow :) , report your experience with this hack ! (I am sure MS won't bother, as they are very busy with Vista 7 right now).

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

It's a pity after a System File Checking, the whole process has to be done again from scratch. I believe it's possible to protect certain dlls when the file checker stumbles upon them. Will try to find a way to do so. Any suggestions appreciated, thanks.

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

I got this all working fine, up until the "individualization" step ( http://services.wmdrm.windowsmedia.c...en/indivit.asp ). I open that page up in IE, and the upgrade box never becomes clickable. Any ideas?

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

I eventually got it working, but for some reason it retained the 11.xxx IBX files, even after the WMP10 installation. I checked this with Fairuse4Wm and the Mirakagi tool.

Is there any other way to just roll back the WMP11 IBX's? I have the 11.600.xxx, is it possible to jump back to 11.57x.xxx on Vista?

Guess I'll just have to use my XP machine for FairUse4WM drm removal.

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

I was about to follow this neat little guide, unfortunately the file with 'install.bat' (http://rapidshare.com/files/28846725/321.rar.html) was removed by rapidshare.

Can someone reupload this please?

Thank you so much.

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

Thanks

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

Can someone reupload the file?

Re: Installing Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Vista 32/64-bit

 

Would like a reup as well.