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The file wmplayer.exe has a version number of 11.0.5358.4827 where 9.0.0.3250 was expected

By dcsaha

I’ve just installed Window Media Player 11 on windows xp sp2, but when I start, it gives an error message:
“The file wmplayer.exe has a version number of 11.0.5358.4827 where 9.0.0.3250 was expected”
and I’m not able to start the player. After a little googling found this tips on eivaagames.com. The fix is as follows:

For Windows Vista:
Reboot your system. Then open cmd.exe as an administrator and then run
“c:\windows\system32\unregmp2.exe /UpdateWMP” to fix this.

On all other Windows systems:
Reboot your system and then run “c:\windows\inf\unregmp2.exe /UpdateWMP” to fix this.

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12 Responses to “The file wmplayer.exe has a version number of 11.0.5358.4827 where 9.0.0.3250 was expected”

  1. Benton Says:
    December 5, 2008 at 5:54 am | Reply

    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I scoured the net for complicated fixes, and this was the only one to work. Plus it was horribly simple.

  2. triso Says:
    December 12, 2008 at 3:02 am | Reply

    Where should i put “c:\windows\inf\unregmp2.exe /UpdateWMP”

  3. triso Says:
    December 18, 2008 at 11:19 am | Reply

    Thank you. i did what you said and was able to roll back to version 10. But when i install version 11. i get this message Windows Media Player is not installed properly and must be reinstalled. Do you want to install the player from the Microsoft Web Site?

  4. shannon Says:
    May 6, 2009 at 4:47 am | Reply

    So I tried this but I don’t have the Update WMP option after I open up unregmp2.exe, please help!

  5. Arindam Saha Says:
    September 3, 2009 at 1:18 pm | Reply

    there is a problem..in the command prompt,when i give the path,that says “the path is not specified”

  6. Seenile Says:
    September 17, 2009 at 6:03 pm | Reply

    THANK YOU!!! THIS ALSO FIXED IE8…

    This not only fixed WMP on my Vista laptop that went bad today but also fixed Internet Explorer on it as well. A couple months ago, I kept getting this “Internet explorer has stopped working” message & IE8 would not start up. I started using Chrome instead but now IE works!

    IE8 went bad after I installed a video editing program but once I uninstalled it, it still wouldn’t open. Before, I tried all sorts of fixes & scanned my computer for viruses but nothing worked. It wouldn’t let me uninstall, reinstall, or downgrade the version either. It’s nice peace of mind to have things working again rather than having both a broken WMP & IE!!!

  7. Seb Says:
    October 30, 2009 at 1:46 pm | Reply

    OMG IT WORKED!!!

    Godlike work, dude!! (also on Windows 7, like on Vista)

    THANK YOUU!!!!!

  8. Ishant tayal Says:
    November 9, 2009 at 2:05 am | Reply

    Great !

    Its working, thank you for your help !

  9. Paco Says:
    November 14, 2009 at 4:38 pm | Reply

    Thanks 4 the advice , you rullz :P

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