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How to Uninstall Windows Media Player 11

If you find that Windows Media Player 11 is causing your PC issues or you just don't have any use for it you will want to uninstall it, I will teach you how.









Instructions for uninstalling Windows Media Player 11

Accessing Add/Remove Programs

OR

  • Go to the "My Computer" Icon on your desktop, double click it and then double click the "Control Panel" icon

    • Once you are in Control Panel go to "Add/Remove Programs" icon and double click

    Preparing to uninstall Windows Media Player

    When the window loads up and the programs are listed you will first want to head down to find a program called "Windows Media Player 11 Format Runtime", it is important you uninstall this first in order to uninstall Windows Media Player 11.

    Uninstalling Windows Media Player

    As soon as the "Windows Media Player 11 Format Runtime" has uninstalled you're all set to remove Windows Media Player 11, so now just go back to the "Add/Remove Programs" window and select the "Change and Remove" button and Windows Media Player 11 will be uninstalled.

    More information about post uninstall

    You will find that your Windows Media Player has been "rolled back", this basically means that Windows has taken the current version and stripped it down to the previous one you can only do this down to Windows Media Player 10.

    If you ever want to reinstall Windows Media Player 11, simply click the below link:

    Download Windows Media Player 11


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