Need to install fresh copy of media 9 but corrupted copy won't go away

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My WM9 is corrupted. When I try to download a fresh installation from the Microsoft site, the old one loads from my drive instead. I don't know how to find it or disable it so a good one can be installed. What's the secret? Thanks...
 
What you do is goto add/remove programs. Then on the
left, you will see the different categories. Go down and
select Add/Remove Windows Components. A new menu will pop
up. Scroll down and unclick windows media player and then
hit next or ok. This will uninstall windows media player.
Then, you will be free to install the new copy.
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My WM9 is corrupted. When I try to download a fresh
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installation from the Microsoft site, the old one loads
from my drive instead. I don't know how to find it or
disable it so a good one can be installed. What's the
secret? Thanks...
 
That was my first attempt. Although Media Player seemed to go away, when I went to Microsoft's site do sownload a fresh copy, the installer used a cached copy of the original still somewhere on my drive. I can't locate it so I'm stuck.
 
| | My WM9 is corrupted. When I try to download a fresh
| installation from the Microsoft site, the old one loads from my
| drive instead. I don't know how to find it or disable it so a
| good one can be installed. What's the secret? Thanks...

According to the "Readme for Windows Media Player 9 Series", if
your computer is running Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP
Professional, use System Restore in Windows to remove Windows
Media Player 9 Series (and restore the previous version of the
Player). For more information see the following Web Page:

Microsoft Windows Media - Readme for Windows Media
Player 9 Series
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/player/readme.aspx#install2kxp

You may also want to post your question in a Windows Media Player
newsgroup. And please include the following information:

- Windows Media Player version
- Windows operating system version (and Service Pack level)
- Any error message numbers (for example, "C00D11CD")
- Any error messages (for example, "Windows Media Player has
encountered an unknown error.")
- The reason why you believe that your "WM9 is corrupted"

If you read the newsgroups using the Microsoft Communities Web
Page, here is a link:
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/?pr=newsgmedia&product=wmp

If you read newsgroups using a NNTP newsreader, such as Outlook
Express, and use the msnews.microsoft.com news server, here is a
link to the newsgroup: microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player

And before posting you may want to review the following:

Web Page Title: WMP Mini-FAQ
Section: WMP Installation Questions
URL: http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#Install
 
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