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Cannot install Media Player on Windows 11 PC

dadous34 -  

Hello, I am on Windows 11 and I can't install Media Player because Microsoft blocked it. How can I install it, please?

4 answers

  1.  spiralio

    Good evening,

    Try this:

    Open Settings

    Search for "Optional Features"

    Click on "Turn on optional features"

    Click on "Show available features"

    You should find "Windows Media Player"; click "Add"

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    1. spiralio

      Otherwise, I just installed the new Windows Media Player via the Microsoft Store and it works, but perhaps this method doesn't suit you?

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      1. Kori-Kori

        Hello,

        If it may interest you, in the "Windows Tools", Windows Media Player legacy

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        1. spiralio

          Hello Kori Kori,

          It does not appear on my side. In the steps described in <1> I did not check the checkbox next to "Legacy Windows Media Player" and therefore it was not added.

          I suppose that’s the reason...

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        2. Kori-Kori
          @spiralio

          Personally I added nothing or modified nothing.

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        3. spiralio
          @Kori-Kori

          There it is, finally!

          Three ages to add 83 MB...

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      2. Kori-Kori

        See also :

        https://www.commentcamarche.net/telecharger/audio-musique/15737-musicbrainz-picard/

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        1. brucine

          Hello,

          Its activation by the optional features is not normally done anymore through the settings but through the Control Panel, Programs, Turn Windows features on or off, Media Features.

          It is then not found in Windows Tools of the Start menu but in Windows Accessories and in the WindowsApps folder of the Programs folder whose contents are inaccessible; you must enter in File Explorer
          shell:AppsFolder to access it.

          If it is not found in these optional features, it is because you are using a Windows N version; if you don’t remember, it is normally easy to check by typing winver in the search/run box, and that is why Windows refuses to install programs except from the Microsoft Store.

          You must then download Media Feature Pack either from the Microsoft Store if you can find it there, or directly from Microsoft, or via an administrator command line:

          DISM /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:Media.MediaFeaturePack~~~~0.0.1.0

           

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