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WMP11 – Install Windows Media Player 11 without activating / bypass WGA

Contributed by seamonkey420

August 29, 2007

Tagged: Windows

This recipe will explain how to install Windows Media Player 11 without having to Activate your windows copy / bypassing the WGA. This requires Winzip or any other .zip extracting program to be installed.

Bypassing the activation when installing Windows Media Player 11 is pretty simple. Basically what we will do is download the setup file (.exe) and then extract its contents to a folder and manually run the two components needed to install and run Media Player 11.

1. Download Windows Media Player 11. Go here to download.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx?displaylang=en&qstechnology=

2. After you have the file downloaded (usually named: wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe), right-click on the File.

If you have Winzip installed, go to the Winzip menu, and choose to Extract to Folder X:\…\wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu

A lot of .exe setup files are really just a self-executing zip file so you can use this method to extract files from .exe files with other installers too (ie device driver installers, if you only want the driver files and not the other ‘fluff’ that sometimes come with the installer.)

4. Once you do this, you will see a folder called wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu. Go into the folder and now we will manually run the two files needed for Windows Media Player 11 to install.

First run: wmfdist11.exe

This is the media player 11 runtime files.

Gp through the installation wizard and then run: wmp11.exe

This will in turn install Windows Media Player 11 and will bypass the activation part of the installer.

Once you finish the install, reboot and you should now have a working Windows Media Player 11 that will not require activation and in turn allow you to install on a non-activated XP install.

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isaac

tnx...
it really worx; awesome
tnk u very much mua mua

karmen

tnx a lot!!!

Bob's your uncle

Thanks a million, was looking for a way round this

Tikuru

Thanx but... Yes Thanx
Not now that my peny should go to the richest guy in planet

herhrehrdthr

Thanks a lot!

You are genious :D

DAn

I did exactly as your recipe instructed and after a reboot I started WMP and it's asking me to Validate. Do I need to uninstall WMP first and then run the new installer?

drkalo

Dan, may be you need another restart after installing the runtimes I guess. I followed these steps and it worked perfectly for me (they are pretty much the same as seamonkey's except step #4
1. Download WMP11.
2. Extract (unrar or unzip) wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe by using extraction tool such as WinRAR.
3. Go to the extracted folder, and execute (run) wmfdist11.exe.
4. Restart the computer.
5. Execute wmp11.exe from the extracted folder.
6. Restart the computer.
7. Start using Windows Media Player 11.

I am using a x86 XPsp3 copy of ms windows which appeared not to be genuine but this method really bypasses activation by the wga tool.

A W

I am using XP 64 and this doesn't work. I'm now lumped with a validation notice instead of the ability to play media files.

Mr. expert

Wonderful. It really did work. I was aiming at installing WMP 11 For the last six months but could not succeed until i reached this page.

exex

thanx

jabastin

thanxxxxxx a lot buddy
i was tryin to install windows media player 11 for past 8 mon but u made it happen

hari

thanx dude

El

TERIMA-KASIH ....Thanks a million....muah...muah...!!!

gm

Thank you thank you thank you :)))

fsdfsdf

Thanks

Richard Cranium

Or you could just go into the Windows Media Player folder in programs folder and delete LegitLibM.dll and delete it. Start WMP11 which bypasses WGA check once activated I undid the delete and it works just fine.

Ady

THAnXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx alot dude..... the bypassing trick is awesome :D

RJ

you rock..............................!!!!!!

Heather

You are THE BOMB!!!! After 3 friggin' evenings of working on this to bypass the stupid Windows validation (that I should not have to do with my LEGAL and PAID copy of Windows), I came across this website and it worked with NO PROBLEMS!

IT WORKS

Google ‘Download Media Player 11′ and download it.

Download Winrar
http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar380.exe
- during the install make sure you tick the ‘Intergrate Winrar into shell’ box.

Extract the Windows Media Player 11 Installation file ‘wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe’ to a folder of your choice. You can do this easily by right clicking on the file and click ‘Extract To …’

Go to the folder you just extracted everything to
Run ‘wmfdist11.exe’ Do Not Restart if it asks.
Run ‘wmp11.exe’ and restart the computer.

Now goto
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player
Look for the file named ‘LegitLibM.dll’
Right click and re-name it to ‘LegitLib.dll’.

Open Windows Media Player 11 and click the ‘Validate’ button.
Click the ‘Finish’ button.
Click the ‘Accept’ button
Chose the install type etc etc

Thankyou so much everyone. I spent hours googling ways to do this. This is the only method that worked for me.

jimnufc

this worked for me when the others on this page wouldn't

Anounymous

Im a computer nerd and 11 and found that out last year

Sim

I'm not having everyone else's success. I somehow disinstalled my WMP and for three days now cannot open files or Cds and have lost printer use. printer will not reinstall.

This recipe seems promising and I get as far as running wmfdist11.exe ok. But there is no wmp11.exe icon in the wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu folder. I tried the wmp11 icon but it keeps ending up failed with the message FAILED TO INSTALL CATALOG FILES. this recipe is the nearest I have come to a solution, but previously I was trying the validation and thought my problem might be 'cause I'm in Italy but running in english. I read something about that.

If anyone can help me get over these final hurdles I'd be most obliged.

Baldomero

it works !!!!!! just do what " IT WORKS "said and the fproblem its gone !!

charly

great trick friend.......................... it works for me..............

k ali

It was awsome.Thanks a lot
It realy woking now after my some wary night of anxity.

prakash

u r genious its work awesome.thanks

Trung Huan Nguyen

thx a lot

faheed

hi windows media player 11

Alpina_One

awesome it worked! i was messing around with that legitbm/b.dll rubbish and this was by far the easiest method.

phuong

thax you so mux =]]

Lidity

Everytime I go to my Video section of WMP 11 it shuts down in error...any ideas why?

oshman

Sounds good, i'll try it. Thx

Sakeeb

Dude it works!!!!

Garben

thanks a lot :) thank you vry very much..

ATS

thx a LOT.... really gr888888888888888888..

andrew

thank you..it works

njs

AND YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...............IT WORKS, 10X A MILLION..

ssrcn1

Thank You Very Much

benoir

Worked a treat!

chowdary

its working.
thanka a lot my dear friend.

Name

Thxkbai

chiknababu

superb man, i like your work.
thnx

Muhammad Adnan Hanif

Dear Friend;

Thanks a lot for this favor.

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