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So, I would suggest you check the registry under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ and if it exists, grab the value of the Installation Directory or Installation DirectoryLFN (default is %ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player) and check that wmplayer.exe exists within that directory. If it does, then you will know that WMP is installed.

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The Windows Media Player substitutes the old and abandoned Groove Music app. It features a more modern user interface with "rich artist imagery," a mini-player with Compact Overlay support, and the ability to manage and play videos. Microsoft has also added improved keyboard shortcuts and assistive technologies support for better accessibility. Finally, you can use the updated app to burn CDs if your computer has an optical drive.

Windows Media Player, or Media Player, refers to a family of multimedia player and library applications developed by Microsoft and normally included with Microsoft Windows. Depending on the Windows version, there might be multiple distinct versions of the application, all using a similar name but including different features.

A multimedia player, then called Media Player, was originally introduced as a part of Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions 1.0, where it was implemented using the Media Control Interface. A slightly updated version of the player then shipped with Windows 3.1. A larger update was included with the Video for Windows suite; this version of the player would be then ported to 32-bit Windows and included with Windows NT 3.1, Windows 95 and later, all the way until Windows Server 2003.

In 1998, Microsoft first released the Windows Media Player, a new player which is unrelated to the MME player. The first edition, often called the "classic" Windows Media Player, had a fairly short lifetime, as it was only officially bundled with Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows 2000 as version 6.1 and 6.4, respectively. However, it continued to be bundled with newer player versions, albeit hidden. Version 7.0, released in 2000 along with Windows Me, introduced a brand new interface partially based on scrapped Music Center work done for Windows Neptune. Later versions up to and including 12 included additional UI changes and feature additions. Microsoft ceased active development of Windows Media Player after Windows 7 was released in 2009, making Windows Media Player 12 the final version of Windows Media Player.

Even though Windows 8 introduced the Microsoft Movies & TV and Groove Music apps for video and music playback, Windows Media Player still continues to be included in later versions of Windows. The name Media Player was revived in Windows 11 as Microsoft redesigned the Groove Music app to also support video playback. The new version was first introduced in November 2021 and was then publicly released to all users in February 2022. In order to distinguish it from the modern Media Player application, the older player is renamed to "Windows Media Player Legacy" since the Windows 11 2022 Update.

The first version of Windows to include a media player is Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions 1.0. Slightly updated versions of the player then shipped with Windows 3.1 and later revisions of the 16-bit Windows environment. The player is implemented using the Media Control Interface, an extendable API introduced with the Multimedia Extensions. By default, MCI only supports playback of wave audio and MIDI files as well as CD Audio, although support for other formats and devices can be added by installing additional so-called MCI drivers. Although Windows 3.1x does not include MCI drivers for any video format, the player is still capable of video playback if one is added post-install, displaying the video content in a separate window.

A larger update, internally called "Media Player 2", was introduced as a part of the Video for Windows suite and included an updated user interface and support for copying media to documents via OLE. The suite also includes an MCI driver for the new AVI format. This version was later ported to 32 bits with some minor changes and included with Windows NT 3.1, Windows 95 and later. It would continue to be bundled with Windows even after the newer versions were introduced, with the last version of Windows to include it being Windows Server 2003.

Except for the versions bundled with the Multimedia Extensions and Video for Windows, this original incarnation of the player didn't adopt its own versioning scheme and instead used the Windows version number.

In 1996, Microsoft introduced the NetShow multimedia framework for network broadcasting and along with it developed the new NetShow Player to support the platform's then-new ASF container format. The first two versions of the player were rather rudimentary and only supported ASF format playback. At the same time, ActiveMovie, the successor to Video for Windows that also added support for MPEG playback, was also introduced, together with its own player called ActiveMovie Control.

Two years later, ActiveMovie was renamed to DirectShow and incorporated into the DirectX suite. Work also started on a new version of the NetShow Player with a new user interface that would also adopt DirectShow for media playback. However, as the company relaunched NetShow as Windows Media and aligned its version with DirectX, the player was rebranded and NetShow Player 3.0 ultimately shipped as Windows Media Player 5.2. Multiple updates were then released to the player in the following months, eventually bringing it up to version 6.4.

This edition was only officially bundled with Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows 2000 in version 6.1 and 6.4 respectively, although it is also included together with newer player versions in Windows Me, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, albeit hidden. This edition started to be often called the "classic" Windows Media Player after the introduction of the new user interface in newer versions. The Classic skin, which closely replicates the older user experience, is included up to version 9. Several open source projects, namely Media Player Classic and its forks, also aim to clone the user experience of Windows Media Player 6.4 while also adding features found in newer multimedia players.

Initially planning to continue the older code of Windows Media Player 6.4 as seen in some Beta 1 builds of Windows Me, Microsoft decided instead to create a new Windows Media Player application from scratch, which not only should have the ability to playback media files, but also audio CDs and video DVDs (including rip functionality), so that it not only replaces the older Windows Media Player, but also the CD/Deluxe CD and DVD Player applications from Microsoft Plus! It is also customizable by the use of skins. A near-final version is included in Windows Me. In 2001, an updated version 7.1 was released.

Windows 8 would introduce modern replacements for Windows Media Player in the form of the Xbox Video and Xbox Music apps which retained local media playback functionality but with the ability to purchase such media through the Xbox Live Marketplace. The Media Guide and DVD playback features were removed from Windows Media Player. The Xbox Video and Xbox Music apps were later rebranded as Microsoft Movies & TV and Groove Music with the release of Windows 10.

I have tried to get Viscomsoft Movie Player ( ) to work, but I couldn't even find the ActiveX control in LabVIEW.

The X360 Multiple Video Player ( ) has a virus according to my scanner?!

The VisioForge Media Player ( -player-sdk.html) does work for video files that are stored locally, but I couldn't get streaming to work since the documentation is very minimalistic.

Thank you for your reply. I agree that Windows Media Player itself leaves a lot to be desired, has issues and therefore the resize problem also occurs in other programming languages.

However, in other languages you can apparently circumvent the problem by changing the classid of the embedded object. In the Stackoverflow thread somebody more or less solved the problem by changing classid="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" to classid="clsid:05589FA1-C356-11CE-BF01-00AA0055595A". This solution is similar to this example: -us/library/aa235212(v=vs.60).aspx.

Also, in C# you can set the uiMode to 'none' and heavily customize the player's behaviour. Doing this in LabVIEW won't work.

I might solve it by embedding the player in a temporary webpage and show that webpage in an embedded Internet Explorer window. But that is an ugly solution.

There has to be an easier way of playing videos in LabVIEW, maybe somebody has experience with a (3rd party) .NET media player?

Wow thanks! So, I do have the 32bit version which is the default installed. Unfortunately the cool winetricks WMP10 thing had the same error, this is only for 32bit versions of windows. However I was able to easily install WM9 thanks to you!!! And that worked!!

Of course, there are too many free media players available for Windows, but Microsoft is not really late to the game. While we have better alternatives like VLC and MPV (our personal favourite), the new Windows Media Player is still a pretty good option for new users.

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