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We can close this thread. I still ahevn't solved the problem, but I'n now sure it has to do with installing it from WPI . When installing from runonce ex before WPI it install like a dream. I think it has something to do with the fact that WPI itself opens a media player activeX or something like that to enable the possibility to play mausic during install. So that keeps some media player components 'open' during install of WMP10, and so that install doesn't word as it should. I will conntinue my search for a solution in the WPI sub forum now. Thx all for the help! Roland

Sonic I tried the installation without anything else than WMP 10 tonight. Installing from WPI that is. The error I get is: Windows Media Player The file wmploc.dll has a version number of 10.0.0.3802 where 9.0.0.3250 was expected. Windows Media Player is not installed properly and must be reinstalled. Do you want to install the Player from the Microsoft Web site? So somehow the sytem expects WMP 9? Still puzzled... any suggestions? I the forum I found a remark that someone was able to get WMP 10 installed from RunOnceEx only.. maybe that's worth a try. Any help is still very welcome.

Nope, it's not the service that's causing the problem. So anyone any ideas?

Just found another clue myself. It could have to do with a service that is newly installed with MP10 called Windows User Mode Driver Framework. It could be that it is not started just after install. It would have to be after the first reboot. I'll check that first. I will let the outcome know.

Dear forum fellows, For a week I've been trying to install Windows Media Player 10. I have a basic Windows XP Pro (SP2) Corporate Edition to start with, it installs unattended, TEXT-mode and GUI-drivers are loaded as they should... not a cloud on the sky. I am one of those peole that think that further messing with the original installation source is not a secure thing, so what comes after SP2 I install silently after... But then... I want to add WMP10 to the scene. I've tried it from RunOnceEx with the command: MP10Setup.exe /q:A /c:"setup_wm.exe /Q /R:N /P:#e /DisallowSystemRestore" I've tried it from WPI with the same command. And I tried it by putting the command into a batch file that runs from WPI. But to no avail. When I start up WMP10 after installation has completed I get the WMP Intro screen, I can set the settings, I click Finish and the a message pops up saying WMP wasn't installed properly, and am asked if I want to install it from the internet again.... I'm puzzled. What I do do is after the WMP10 installation (described above), is adding the following updates and hotfixes: WindowsMedia-KB891122-x86-ENU.exe /Q /Z WindowsMedia10-KB917734-x86-ENU.exe /Q /Z windowsmedia10-kb902344-x86-intl.exe /Q /Z Do these mess it up? Is there anyone that can help me solve this weird puzzle. I've searched the net and this forum for a clue.. but have found anything. Any information is welcomed! Roland Dordrecht, The Netherlands

Hi, Thanks. It works indeed. Somehow the controlID was diff. In the mean time I found out another (registry) way to solve the problem. At first I was unable to find a diff in the registry by using RegShot. Then I read somewhere in this forum you can also compare two registry-instances with RegShot before and after reboot (by saving the hive, and loading that into RegShot after reboot). I did that, and derived that this difference does the trick: REG ADD "HKU\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageId" /t REG_SZ /d "00000409" /f REG ADD "HKU\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MUILanguagePending" /t REG_SZ /d "00000409" /f REG ADD "HKU\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager" /v "LastUserLangID" /t REG_SZ /d "1033" /f When you put this in a .bat or .cmd file it works like magic. This applies only to a system with Dutch MUI installed and set to English language. With other languages the values should differ. So check the registry values then. Roland

Hi, I've almost finished my unattended installation of XP Pro Corp. I also added the MUI pack (Dutch) and with that, there is a small problem I haven't figured out yet. What happens.... After unattended installing, RunOnceEx, cleaning up and restarting there is still one weird thing. When I log off (or on), restart or shutdown I go past the log on (welcome) or log off (windows is shutting down...) screens... and those aren't English, they are in Dutch. This while my language settings are set for English. I can fix this problem manually by going to the control panel, regional and language options, advanced tab, and then chech the checkbox to apply settings to Default user etc. After apply and OK the language on the log on/off screens are finally English as well. So that fixes it .. manually. I've tried to make an AutoIt script: Run("RUNDLL32 SHELL32.DLL,Control_RunDLL intl.cpl,@0,2") Sleep (500) ControlClick ( "Regional and Language Options", "Apply all settings to the current user account and to the &default user profile", 1054) Sleep (500) ControlClick ( "Change Default User Settings", "", 2) Sleep (500) ControlClick ( "Regional and Language Options", "Apply", 12321) Sleep (500) ControlClick ( "Regional and Language Options", "OK", 1) Sleep (500) And put (a compiled .exe version) it in my final restart Start Menu\Startup. But to no avail. I still have to do it manually. Any suggestions? All ideas are welcomed. Roland

Hi, Search this forum for a program called SetVisualEffects.exe. I've been trying to set the registry settings for the visual effects in many ways, without result. Some seem to be able to get it right, but when you read the topic about SetVisualEffects.exe, you will see that many others have no clue (and they are quite advanced). So I started using SetVisualEffects.exe and it works like a charm. Succes, Ro