Are you allowing setup_wm.exe to run? That runs before wmplayer.exe runs.

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"Adetech" <Adetech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I log on to a public computer as an administrator, downloaded Media player
>9
> and installed. After the installation, I double click on the icon and it
> runs
> fine. But when I log in as a public user, it just doesn't run. I added
> wmplayer.exe to the run allowed list on the group policy but still doesn't
> run. Media player 7 runs fine. So what is new in media player 9?
>
> IBM computer
> Pentium 4
> Windows 2000 professional service pack 4
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> adel
>