What is Windows Media Player 11?

Windows Media Player 11 is software application developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Microsoft Windows XP with nearly 98.10% of installations running this operating system. Windows Media Player 11's installer is typically 8.00 MB in size and installs around 46 files.

Windows Media Player 11 is most popular in the United States with 46.59% of installations residing in this country.

Windows Media Player 11 adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Windows Media Player 11 is known to create 6 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Windows Media Player 11?

Windows Media Player 11 was originally included with Windows Vista and released as a final update for Windows XP. It is a media player and media library application developed by Microsoft, designed for playing audio, video, and viewing images. In addition to its media player functionality, Windows Media Player also allows for music ripping and copying to compact discs, burning recordable discs in Audio CD format or as data discs with playlists such as an MP3 CD, syncing content with digital audio players or other mobile devices, and facilitating the purchase or rental of music from various online music stores.

Software Behaviors

Services:

wmpnetwk.exe runs as a service named 'Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service' (WMPNetworkSvc) "Shares Windows Media Player libraries to other networked players and media devices using Universal Plug and Play".

Firewall:

wmplayer.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe'.
mplayer2.exe is added as a firewall exception for '%ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\MPlayer2.Exe'.
wmpnetwk.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe'.
setup_wm.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmsetsdk.exe'.
migrate.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\migrate.exe'.
wmpshare.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpshare.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

wmplayer.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Windows Media Player' (runs daily at 18:42:00).
wmpnscfg.exe is scheduled as a task named 'UpdateLibrary'.

Startup Entries

Registry entries:

wmpnscfg.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'WMPNSCFG' and executes as C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe.
wmplayer.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Windows Media Player' and executes as C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe.

Registry entries (User):

wmdbexport.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'WMC_WMPDBExport' which loads as C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmdbexport.exe.
setup_wm.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #1' which loads as C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\setup_wm.exe "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\setup_wm.exe" /RunOncC:"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" "C:\Users\aarons.

Software Details

URL:

https://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/download-windows-media-player

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\windows media player

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Setup_wm.exe" /Uninstall

Size:

8.00 MB

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