I have a rather weird problem and hope someone can give me a pointer.

I have WMP 9 installed and I am using W2K. Previously I used to see a
Preview mini player on the left of the folder for previewing AVI or WMV
files, but lately for reason unknown to me, that particular player seems to
have gone wrong, and now, the various buttons are at the top of the player
screen and it cannot perform the previewing task.

Similarly, when I am trying to use it for Streaming video in IE, the player
too came out in the same way and I just can't do streaming video anymore.

Can anyone help me with some pointers as to what is wrong. Many thanks in
advance.
Thanks & Regards, SY

That kind of thing typically would sound like you have the wrong version of
wmploc.dll loaded. If you reinstall and then reboot, do things then show up
right?

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"SY Wong" <wongsy08@singnet.com.sg> wrote in message
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>I have a rather weird problem and hope someone can give me a pointer.
>
> I have WMP 9 installed and I am using W2K. Previously I used to see a
> Preview mini player on the left of the folder for previewing AVI or WMV
> files, but lately for reason unknown to me, that particular player seems
> to
> have gone wrong, and now, the various buttons are at the top of the player
> screen and it cannot perform the previewing task.
>
> Similarly, when I am trying to use it for Streaming video in IE, the
> player
> too came out in the same way and I just can't do streaming video anymore.
>
> Can anyone help me with some pointers as to what is wrong. Many thanks in
> advance.
> Thanks & Regards, SY
>
>

Thanks Zachd for the pointer.

Tried reinstalling with a new download of the installation package from
Microsoft web-site but still the same problem. I have also downloaded the
WMPPlugin.exe and wanted to install it, but it came out with a message
stating that the package can only be installed with Player that is after
Version 5, but I have already got Version 9 installed. I wonder whether
these 2 problems are interelated.

Any further help is much appreciated.

Thanks & Regards,
SY
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"zachd [ms]" <zachd@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> That kind of thing typically would sound like you have the wrong version
of
> wmploc.dll loaded. If you reinstall and then reboot, do things then show
up
> right?
>
> --
> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> --
>
> "SY Wong" <wongsy08@singnet.com.sg> wrote in message
> news:uDfiDeqAGHA.3872@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >I have a rather weird problem and hope someone can give me a pointer.
> >
> > I have WMP 9 installed and I am using W2K. Previously I used to see a
> > Preview mini player on the left of the folder for previewing AVI or WMV
> > files, but lately for reason unknown to me, that particular player seems
> > to
> > have gone wrong, and now, the various buttons are at the top of the
player
> > screen and it cannot perform the previewing task.
> >
> > Similarly, when I am trying to use it for Streaming video in IE, the
> > player
> > too came out in the same way and I just can't do streaming video
anymore.
> >
> > Can anyone help me with some pointers as to what is wrong. Many thanks
in
> > advance.
> > Thanks & Regards, SY
> >
> >
>
>

WMPPlugin.exe couldn't possibly fix this issue (I wrote the package - trust
me on this).

It sounds like you have the wrong version of wmploc.dll loaded. That can
only be fixed through turning off the taskbar player, installing the player,
and rebooting. If that doesn't help, then somehow you have a problem that
you'd need actual support for.

--
(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"SY Wong" <wongsy08@singnet.com.sg> wrote in message
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> Thanks Zachd for the pointer.
>
> Tried reinstalling with a new download of the installation package from
> Microsoft web-site but still the same problem. I have also downloaded the
> WMPPlugin.exe and wanted to install it, but it came out with a message
> stating that the package can only be installed with Player that is after
> Version 5, but I have already got Version 9 installed. I wonder whether
> these 2 problems are interelated.
>
> Any further help is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> SY
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> "zachd [ms]" <zachd@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:#ZjqAj3AGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>
>> That kind of thing typically would sound like you have the wrong version
> of
>> wmploc.dll loaded. If you reinstall and then reboot, do things then show
> up
>> right?
>>
>> --
>> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>> --
>>
>> "SY Wong" <wongsy08@singnet.com.sg> wrote in message
>> news:uDfiDeqAGHA.3872@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> >I have a rather weird problem and hope someone can give me a pointer.
>> >
>> > I have WMP 9 installed and I am using W2K. Previously I used to see a
>> > Preview mini player on the left of the folder for previewing AVI or WMV
>> > files, but lately for reason unknown to me, that particular player
>> > seems
>> > to
>> > have gone wrong, and now, the various buttons are at the top of the
> player
>> > screen and it cannot perform the previewing task.
>> >
>> > Similarly, when I am trying to use it for Streaming video in IE, the
>> > player
>> > too came out in the same way and I just can't do streaming video
> anymore.
>> >
>> > Can anyone help me with some pointers as to what is wrong. Many thanks
> in
>> > advance.
>> > Thanks & Regards, SY
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>