Files on wife’s PC in Program files/WMP: 6 folders plus – mpvis.dll, setup_wm.exe, wmlaunch.exe, wmpconfig.exe, wmpdmc.exe, wmpdmccore.dll, wmpenc.exe, wmplayer.exe, wmpmediasharing.dll, wmpnetwk.exe, wmpnscfg.exe, wmpnssci.dll, wmpnssui.dll, wmprph.exe, wmpshare.exe, wmpsideshowgadget.exe
Files on wife’s PC in Program files 86/WMP: all of above except - wmpnetwk.exe, wmpnscfg.exe, wmpsideshowgadget.exe
Both of my PCs agree with the list for your wife's PC.
The file I mentioned above (wmpdui.dll) was downloaded from the internet because something I read mentioned that this file may be missing. However, this file is “not” included in my wife’s PC folders.
Just be careful downloading DLL files from the internet. They're not always legit.
Here's some info regarding the four WmpDui.dll files I found on my PCs (the info was identical for both PCs). I added the MD5 hash values in case you want to check to see if your files are identical to my files.
C:\Windows\System32
WmpDui.dll 7/13/2009 8:41 PM 224 KB MD5 hash 50e11e6937e99aa95a4e71020c0807f5
C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-wmpdui_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_b8c681a01b93db95
WmpDui.dll 7/13/2009 8:41 PM 224 KB MD5 hash 50e11e6937e99aa95a4e71020c0807f5
C:\Windows\SysWOW64
WmpDui.dll 7/13/2009 8:16 PM 167 KB MD5 hash 2184e66487d06bfcfc68b894c7af8d53
C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-wmpdui_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_5ca7e61c63366a5f
WmpDui.dll 7/13/2009 8:16 PM 167 KB MD5 hash 2184e66487d06bfcfc68b894c7af8d53
...After restart of PC I do a "start button" search and again get no hits.
For file name searches, I usually use the search feature in Windows Explorer.
An even better search utility is SearchMyFiles from NirSoft, although it has so many features that you'll have to play with it a while to get comfortable with it.
http://nirsoft.net/utils/search_my_files.html
Oh, and if you need a hashing program, NirSoft has one for that:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/hash_my_files.html
Looks my last post also went into space. The dll file was missing from syswow64 and system32, copied from wife's PC. Tried the turn off/on feature and a new install from microsoft website with same results. No WMP. I guess that is it, I give up. Watching Fritz Training videos on wife's PC.
Looks my last post also went into space. The dll file was missing from syswow64 and system32, copied from wife's PC. Tried the turn off/on feature and a new install from microsoft website with same results. No WMP. I guess that is it, I give up. Watching Fritz Training videos on wife's PC.
OK, we tried. Sometimes ya just can't win... :)
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I still don't know what the cause of the problem might be. Just for good measure, check the PC carefully for malware. Or, maybe another legit program moved some dll files when it shouldn't have. Or maybe some files just got corrupted. Or maybe your hard drive is starting to go south. Any number of possible reasons.
Well, good luck with your problem. I hope you solve it soon.
Yeah, you're right, my "Windows Media Player" subfolder is in both the "Program Files" and "Program Files (x86)" folders. I initially just didn't think to look in both locations.
Funny thing about the "wmpdui.dll" files. I have two Win 7 machines, a Win7 Pro "clean" Windows install, and a Win7 Home Edition OEM Windows install. Neither PC has a "wmpdui.dll" file in the "Windows Media Player" folders. However, in each PC, there are a total of four copies of the "wmpdui.dll" file in various subfolders within the "C:\Windows\" folder.