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This article is about the original Microsoft media player. For media players in general, see Media player. For the current Microsoft media player, see Windows Media Player.

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Media Player
Media Player in Windows XP
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Stable release	5.1.2600.5512 / April 14, 2008
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Type	Media player
License	Proprietary EULA
Website	Microsoft Windows Media — Your Digital Entertainment Resource

Media Player is a media player originally included in Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions and a slightly updated version was included with Windows 3.1x. Media Player received a facelift with Video for Windows, with an OLE2 version provided with the runtime software. This version forms the basis for the 32-bit version included with Windows 95 and Windows NT.

From Windows 95 onwards, Media Player took the same version number as Windows itself. Thus in the original version of Windows 95 it reports itself as 4.00.950, in Windows 2000 it is 5.0.* and in Windows XP it is version 5.1.*, where * refers to the build number.

As of Windows 98, Media Player was rendered obsolete, Windows Media Player being the replacement. Media Player was still included in Windows XP, using the file name mplay32.exe; however, it is no longer included as of Windows Vista.

Features

Unlike its replacement, Media Player allows one to choose which MCI device to send the file to. Media Player can be used to embed music or video in a document, as it supports OLE.

The version of Media Player included in Windows 3.x is compatible with most versions of Windows; it does not recognize certain recent file types.

Versions

1991		Media Player 3.0 in Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions
1992		Media Player 3.1 in Windows 3.1
1992		Media Player 3.15 in Windows 3.1 with Video for Windows installed
1995		Media Player 4.0 in Windows 95
1999		Media Player 5.0 in Windows 2000
2004		Windows Media Player 5.1 in Windows XP

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Management tools	Backup and Restore Center CHKDSK cmd.exe Control Panel Applets Device Manager Disk Cleanup Disk Defragmenter Driver Verifier Event Viewer IEAK IExpress Management Console Netsh Problem Reports and Solutions Resource Monitor ‎Sysprep System Policy Editor System Configuration ScanDisk System File Checker System Restore Task Manager WMI Windows Installer Windows PowerShell Windows Update WAIK WinSAT Windows Easy Transfer

Applications	Calculator Character Map Contacts DVD Maker Fax and Scan Internet Explorer Journal Magnifier Media Center Media Player Mobile Device Center Mobility Center Narrator Notepad Paint Windows Photo Viewer Private Character Editor Remote Assistance Windows Desktop Gadgets Snipping Tool Sound Recorder Store Speech Recognition Tablet PC Input Panel WordPad Portable Workspace Creator

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Kernel	Ntoskrnl.exe hal.dll System Idle Process Registry DLL EXE NTLDR / Boot Manager Winlogon Recovery Console I/O WinRE WinPE Kernel Patch Protection

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File systems	NTFS Hard link Junction point Mount Point Reparse point Symbolic link TxF EFS WinFS FAT FAT12 FAT16 FAT32 exFAT CDFS UDF DFS IFS

Server	Domains Active Directory DNS Group Policy Roaming user profiles Folder redirection Distributed Transaction Coordinator MSMQ Windows Media Services Rights Management Services IIS Terminal Services WSUS Windows SharePoint Services Network Access Protection PWS DFS Replication Remote Differential Compression Print Services for UNIX Remote Installation Services Windows Deployment Services System Resource Manager Hyper-V

Architecture	NT series architecture Object Manager Startup process Vista/7 I/O request packet Kernel Transaction Manager Logical Disk Manager Security Accounts Manager Windows File Protection / Windows Resource Protection Microsoft Windows library files LSASS CSRSS SMSS MinWin

Security	Action Center BitLocker Defender Data Execution Prevention Mandatory Integrity Control Protected Media Path User Account Control User Interface Privilege Isolation Windows Firewall

Compatibility	command.com Interix Unix subsystem Microsoft POSIX Virtual DOS machine Windows on Windows Windows XP Mode WoW64

Media player software

Freeware or free software

Microsoft Windows	Adobe Media Player CrystalPlayer Dell MediaDirect foobar2000 GOM Player jetAudio KMPlayer Macromedia Shockwave MadCat Media Browser Media Go Media Player Classic MediaMonkey Mod4Win Mpxplay MusicBee MusikCube InterActual Player QuickTime Quintessential Player QuuxPlayer Style Jukebox Winamp

Linux	Amarok Baudline Beep Media Player cmus Exaile Gnome Music Player Client Helix JuK Kaffeine LinuxMCE Miro Mpg123 Muine Music Player Daemon Music on Console Noatun Ogle DVD Player Rhythmbox Totem Xine XMMS XMMS2

Multi-platform	Amarok Audacious Banshee Boxee Clementine DivX Player ffplay iTunes Miro MPlayer Nightingale Plex (software) QuickTime RealPlayer Songbird VLC media player XBMC Zinf

Commercial or bundled

Microsoft Windows	Connect Player Iriver plus 3 Media Center PowerDVD SonicStage WinDVD Windows Media Center Windows Media Player Yahoo! Music Jukebox

Mac OS X	Centerstage DVD Player Front Row Peel

Mobile	Pocket Tunes CoreAVC CorePlayer Core Pocket Media Player doubleTwist RealPlayer Tunewiki Winamp

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