Thanks for the post. I checked in the addons manager, and windows media
player doesn't appear in the list. I have the VLC plugin installed
instead. I did disable Windows Presentation Foundation and two plugins
for MS office which I don't think I want.
I will check on the file types and make sure that nothing is pointing to
media player. I think it is such a pain in the *ss to have to deal with
all of this. What does Microsoft not understand about "uninstalled".
LMH
David E. Ross wrote:
On 5/22/12 12:14 PM, LMH wrote:
Windows media player is one of the applications I never use and so it
has been "uninstalled" using remove windows components. All of the files
are still there since windows won't really let you uninstall, it just
lets you pretend it's not installed (XP sp3 if it matters).
My firewall logs (Comodo CIS D+) indicate that when I start seamonkey,
seamonkey.exe tries to access the file wmplayer.exe. This file is
blocked by the firewall since I can't fully uninstall the app, so there
is a log entry.
I checked under helper applications for SM, and media player is not
listed there anywhere. Is there some reason why seamonkey would be
trying to access media player on startup and is there a way to stop it?
LMH
I gave up trying to uninstall Windows Media Player. It seemed that
every time I booted Windows XP, WMP would appear installed.
Instead, I went to the SeaMonkey Add-ons Manager, selected Plugins, and
disabled WMP. I also disabled Windows Presentation Foundation.
All this required that I allocate media types to some other
applications. I have RealPlayer, WinAmp, Quicktime, and a few others.
My primary beef with WMP is that it plays media from within a Web page
instead of launching a distinct, separate process. If I switch profiles
or merely close that page, whatever was playing stops. This is also a
complaint I have against media playing via Flash. Usually, the media I
play are streaming broadcasts of classical music. These are not 5-10
minute tracks of popular pieces; these are 30-60 minute symphonies and
concertos or even 2 hour operas.
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