[SOLVED] Did Microsoft abandon Windows Media Player?

[Apr1l_Sun]

In 2009, when Windows 7 got released, we had WMP 12, and today, with Windows 8.1 Update, we still have WMP 12. (The only thing that changes is the build number. Feel free to correct me if i'm wrong about this)...

My questions is this:

Did MS abandon Windows Media Player?

Edited April 12, 2014 by Apr1l_Sun

[rudrax]

Who cares!

[CODYQX4]

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Edited April 28, 2019 by CODYQX4

[nanana1]

No, it's still one media player that is heavily used. :)

[dcs18]

Did MS abandon Windows Media Player?

It was not Microsoft - but, we the Users who abandoned WMP. In my system, it's permanently disabled. ;)

[nanana1]

Did MS abandon Windows Media Player?

It was not Microsoft - but, we the Users who abandoned WMP. In my system, it's permanently disabled. ;)

Some users don't learn - little wonder that they get "short changed" in the process. ;) Edited April 12, 2014 by nanana1

[dcs18]

Not to forget also that proprietary Microsoft accessories like WMP, IE, Windows Defender, OneDrive, Windows Mail, Camera Codec Pack, etc., etc. whore the system by being allowed to preload into the kernel regardless of whether one uses them or not.

There's no point in even disabling the above examples - they'll still pre-load, unless one has the knowledge (and wisdom) to disable them permanently at root.

[rudrax]

Not to forget also that proprietary Microsoft accessories like WMP, IE, Windows Defender, OneDrive, Windows Mail, Camera Codec Pack, etc., etc. whore the system by being allowed to preload into the kernel regardless of whether one uses them or not.

There's no point in even disabling the above examples - they'll still pre-load, unless one has the knowledge (and wisdom) to disable them permanently at root.

I'm interested :naughty:

[Apr1l_Sun]

Well, thanks everybody for the answers.

Seems like MS will eventually kill apps like WMP, Photo Viewer, Paint...

[dcs18]

Seems like MS will eventually kill apps like WMP, Photo Viewer, Paint...

Microsoft will never kill them because those applications report home with interesting system statistics . . . . . . . . . ours.

End Users though, have plenty of superior alternatives that out-perform these Microsoft programs built into Windows.

[vladv]

WE the users are killing them or not :D .

[Rok]

There's no point in even disabling the above examples - they'll still pre-load, unless one has the knowledge (and wisdom) to disable them permanently at root.

I'm interested to get root access in Windows and "permanently" disabling of all the craps that MS added to Windows. Guide me please!

[ricktendo]

There's no point in even disabling the above examples - they'll still pre-load, unless one has the knowledge (and wisdom) to disable them permanently at root.

I'm interested to get root access in Windows and "permanently" disabling of all the craps that MS added to Windows. Guide me please!

There is no special trick to it, just go to Turn Windows Features on/off

[bigjohn]

That is good news.

[dcs18]

Not to forget also that proprietary Microsoft accessories like WMP, IE, Windows Defender, OneDrive, Windows Mail, Camera Codec Pack, etc., etc. whore the system by being allowed to preload into the kernel regardless of whether one uses them or not.

There's no point in even disabling the above examples - they'll still pre-load, unless one has the knowledge (and wisdom) to disable them permanently at root.

I'm interested :naughty:

There's no point in even disabling the above examples - they'll still pre-load, unless one has the knowledge (and wisdom) to disable them permanently at root.

I'm interested to get root access in Windows and "permanently" disabling of all the craps that MS added to Windows. Guide me please!

Microsoft proprietary components such as WMP, IE, Windows Defender, OneDrive, Windows Mail, Camera Codec Pack, etc., etc. are so deep-rooted into the kernel that using the Turn Windows features on or off, merely disables them temporarily.

In order to uninstall those components permanently, from the root - it would need a very comprehensive tutorial on each one of them and I'm not sure that I'm motivated enough to get into that kind of details given the lack of time on my hands.

I remember having written an exhaustive tutorial about one of the above components, Windows Defender using my other User ID - please note, that tutorial was written more than 4 years ago for Windows 7 and Vista and may no longer be valid for a more modern OS.

Check out that tutorial at the following link:--

Uninstall Windows Defender From Windows 7 & Vista

Edited April 23, 2014 by dcs18