| Q.
| Where are the Player menus? |
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The menus are hidden by default in Windows Media Player 10 and Windows Media Player 11. To access the menus or show the menu bar in Windows Media Player 10, click the Access application menus button in the upper-right corner of the Player. To access the menus in Windows Media Player 11, do one of the following:
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Right-click an empty area of the taskbar (such as the area to the left of the Now Playing tab) or an empty area to the left or right of the playback controls, and then click Show Classic Menus.
| | • | Press CTRL+M. |
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| Q.
| How do I change skins? |
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| To change to a different skin, do the following: 1.
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On the View menu, click Skin Chooser.
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| In the skins list, click the skin that you want to apply. A preview of the skin appears. | 3.
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To find and download skins from the Internet, click More Skins.
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When you find a skin that you want to use, click Apply Skin.
You can change skins as often as you like, but you must be in full mode to do so. To return to full mode, press CTRL+1. |
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| Q.
| Why can't I switch to skin mode? |
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| Try changing the skin you are using or upgrade to the most recent version of the Player. |
| Q.
| How do I change visualizations? |
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| To change to a different visualization, do the following: 1.
| Play an audio file. | 2.
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Click the Now Playing tab.
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| Right-click the Video and Visualization pane, point to a visualization collection (such as Ambience), and then click the visualization that you want to use. | 4.
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To find and download visualizations from the Internet, on the Tools menu, point to Download, and then click Visualizations.
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| Q.
| What are the command-line options for the Player? |
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See Command Line Parameters on MSDN. For more information about the command-line options available with Windows Media Player 6.4, in the Microsoft Knowledge Base, see article 241422, "Command Line Options Available for Windows Media Player."
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| Q.
| Can I open multiple instances of the Player? |
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| For Windows Media Player 7 or later, it is not possible to open multiple instances of the Player, although you can embed multiple instances of Windows Media Player 7 or later in a Web page. You can open multiple instances of Windows Media Player 6.4, by doing the following: 1.
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Click Start, click Run, and then type mplayer2.exe.
Windows Media Player 6.4 starts. | 2.
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On the View menu, click Options, and then click the Player tab.
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Select the Open a new player for each media file played check box.
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| Q.
| How do I increase the contrast in the Player? |
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| If it is difficult to see the text in the user interface in Windows Media Player 10, you can increase the contrast by doing the following: 1.
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Click the Now Playing tab.
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Click the Select Now Playing Options button, point to Enhancements, and then click Color Chooser.
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In the Color Chooser, select the Use black as Player background color check box.
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| Q.
| My question isn't answered in this FAQ. What can I do? |
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| If you do not find an answer to your question in this FAQ, try the following resources: | • | See Windows Media Player Help. To access Help, start Windows Media Player and then press F1. | | • | For other Windows Media FAQs, including other versions of the Player, see Frequently asked questions about Windows Media.
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To find additional support and troubleshooting resources, see Troubleshooting Windows Media Player.
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Submit a question to the Windows Media Player newsgroup. Please note that the newsgroup is maintained by a community of knowledgeable users offering peer-to-peer assistance. It is not an official Microsoft technical support resource. As such, Microsoft cannot guarantee that your question will be answered. When you ask a question on the newsgroup, be as specific as possible. For example, be sure to include the following basic information: | • |
Windows Media Player version. (On the Help menu, click About Windows Media Player.) For example, the version might be 10.00.00.xxxx.
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Windows operating system version. (Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.) In your question, include the full version name (for example, Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2).
| | • | The task that you were trying to accomplish prior to encountering the problem. | | • | If an error message is displayed, note the error message text. (For example, it might say "Windows Media Player has encountered an unknown error.") | | • |
If an error message is displayed, note the error message ID number (for example, "C00D11CD"). You can determine the ID number by clicking the Web Help or More Information button when the error message is displayed.
| | • | If the problem only occurs when you use a particular file, Web link, or URL, provide details about that item. |
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| Q.
| How do I find information about error messages? |
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| To find the error code identification number for a particular error message, on the error message, do one of the following: | • |
Click the Web Help button. A Web page is displayed. The specific error code identification number is mentioned in the first sentence (for example, C00D1197).
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Click the More Information button. A Help topic is displayed. The specific error code identification number is mentioned in the title or at the bottom of the topic (for example, C00D1197).
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For information about Windows Media Player error messages, see Troubleshooting Windows Media Player Error Messages.
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