"Jim" wrote in message
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Try using K-CodecLite .



Un-buh-lievable....

First point: It's actual title is: K-Lite codec pack
And it causes more problems than it solves.
And it CANNOT play DVD's.

codec = COmpress/DECompress

Here is a link to the dreadful K-lite codec pack,
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...codec_pack.htm
Now Jim, read through and tell me where it claims it can play *DVD's*
It cannot, it may be able to play *downloaded movies* if they were
COmpressed with a technique that the K-Lite can DECompress, but
that is NOT a DVD.
For DVD, only a *DVD Decoder* can be used with WMP.
NOT random codecs!

To the original poster:
You are randomly deleting unrelated components and wandering
off at a tangent, the fact you don't have system restore points and
you've admitted you *deleted* unspecified components (The correct
method is to uninstall, NOT delete) I suspect there is many issues
witn your Windows installation, that the WMP problem is just a symptom
not the cause, but you've got some very foolish replies from Andrew and
Jim, and you're off on a delete spree.
I'll leave you all to it.