#HOW TO PLAY AN AVI FILE FOR WINDOWS XP WINDOWS 7#
And Windows 7 users are stuck with Windows Media Player 12 only. So Windows Vista users are stuck with Windows Media Player 11 only. Windows Media Player 6.4 and 5.1 being one of them. Microsoft got rid of what they thought was a lot of not needed software. You are out of luck,as when they made Windows Vista. If you have Windows Vista or Windows 7 and want to use an older version of Windows Media Player. Which some people like better, as they say it is easier to use than the new versions. And if you have got Windows XP, you have the choice of using the old version of Windows Media player. Windows Media Player is not perfect, but it is a very user friendly and easy to use media player. Windows Media Player 12 also, does not play MPG4 files, but you can use VLC Player or Gom Player for this. As I have the same problem on Windows 7 with Windows Media Player 12. But this has nothing to do with the version of Windows Media Player. And it cannot play my MPG4 Videos because it cannot find the codecs. Because on Windows 95 they had WMP 6.1,which suggests that WMP 5.1 was always the second version of WMP on all earlier versions of Windows, and so was not made to play all video files.Īs I said earlier, Windows Media Player will play most files but not all. And Windows Media Player 5.1 was never the default media player on any of the earlier versions of Windows. Windows Media Player 6.4 is an earlier version of Windows Media Player that was on Windows 98 but is also installed on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. So you can just run them, and do not have to keep searching in files every time you want to use the media players. You can also find WMP 6.4 and 5.1 by using the Run command,but this does not create a desktop shortcut.And if you plan on using WMP 6.4 and 5.1 a lot it is best to put a shortcut on your desktop, and in the start menu.
And you can use all three media players together without any problems. But it will play any file that you open without any problems.īoth Windows Media Player 6.4 and 5.1 can be used alongside the latest version of Windows Media Player 9. And also unlike WMP 6.4,Windows Media Player 5.1 cannot be set as the default media player. Although it will play any videos that it cannot play as audio files. When I tried to play my web cam videos in Windows Media Player 5.1,I found that it would only play wmv files not avi files. That is it will play all audio files, but not all video formats. You should now see Windows Media Player 5.1 on your desktop(mpla圓2) and you can rename this shortcut also.Windows Media Player 5.1 works, but has limited functions. You should then see the file for WMP 5.1, and then create a desktop shortcut,like you did with WMP 6.4. You need to type mpla圓2 in the search box.
To enable Windows Media Player 5.1,the easiest way to do this is to again go to My Computer and use Search Companion. But you can also play videos in WMP 9 as well as in 6.4. And then every time you want to play a video or audio file,it will open and play in WMP 6.4 not WMP 9. You can also set WMP 6.4 as your default media player in advanced settings. Windows Media Player 6.4 will run alongside your existing WMP 9 and will play most video and audio files just like WMP 9 does. You now have WMP 6.4 on your desktop and you can now pin the program to the start menu. And this will find the program file and you can then create a desktop shortcut from there. If you cannot find the program file you can use Search Companion in My Computer. You should now have a shortcut icon on your desktop,(mplayer2)and you can rename this shortcut if you want to. Then right click with your mouse and select send to desktop to create a quick launch shortcut. And it is this that is Windows Media Player 6.4. Inside that file you should see a file called mplayer2. To find Windows Media Player 6.4 open programs file on C/drive and look for the file Windows Media Player.
#HOW TO PLAY AN AVI FILE FOR WINDOWS XP HOW TO#
But they are hidden and so do not appear in the start menu with most other installed programs,but here is how to enable and use them. These are Windows Media Player 6.4 and Windows Media Player 5.1. That can be used the same way you would use the latest version of Windows Media Player. But there are also two earlier versions of Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player 9 (WMP 9 for short) is the default version of WMP bundled with all editions of Windows XP.
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