One practical consideration is for users who use Windows Media Center, which is an 64-bit app. What’s the advantage of using 64-bit (圆4) Windows Media Player? Using 64-bit software allows application to run natively and take architecture advantage in 圆4 operating system, and potentially run faster by working with larger data sets at any time. The change is to improve system security so that malicious code cannot modify the WMP play and enqueue commandsĪs a result, Windows 7 users who want to use 64-bit WMP has to performed extra steps to unlock the registry key. However, the simple trick to switch to 64-bit player does not work anymore as Windows 7 locks the registry key that required to be changed to alter the file associations related to WMP.
There is workaround to switch or change and set 64-bit Windows Media Player 11 as default player in Vista. In fact, WMP 圆4 has been included since 64-bit Windows Vista, and the WMP 11 圆4 has also not been made as default player.
However, to provide maximum compatibility with existing applications and codecs, 32-bit version of Windows Media Player has been made the default media player. Learn more.64-bit flavor of Windows 7 includes both 32bit (x86) and 64bit (圆4) versions of Windows Media Player 12, or WMP 12. Make it yoursĬustomize Windows Media Player with easily installed skins, visualizations, and plug-ins for a new look and extra features. To download this for free from Microsoft Store, go to Movies & TV and select Get. (This takes a while.)Īfter your system is restored to the earlier configuration, check to see whether Windows Media Player runs correctly again.įor advanced video features like 4K, you might also want to try Microsoft Movies & TV. Select Create a restore point, and then in the System Properties pane, select System Restore.įollow the prompts to select the restore point just before the round of updates that seemed to trigger the problem. Select the Start button, and then type system restore.
If Windows Media Player stopped working correctly after the latest updates from Windows Update, verify that the updates are the problem by using System Restore. Learn about the features and how to fix problems. Get helpįind help and how-to information for your version of Windows Media Player. Get Windows Media Player for your version of Windows, or learn how to play Windows Media files on your Mac. We recommend you move to a Windows 11 PC to continue to receive security updates from Microsoft.
Support for Windows 7 ended on January 14, 2020
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