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Thread ID: 132971 2013-05-24 10:09:00 Google Drive infected with 'Windows Media Player'! Vince (406) Press F1
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1343026 2013-05-24 10:09:00 Google Drive was unable to connect. When I went looking for the cause, I found That several of its files had become associated with Windows Media Player. That they - (.exe and .dll) - were labeled "opens with Windows Media Player"!!??
I have uninstalled G.Drive in order to re-install it cleanly.
Now I want to un-install Windows Media Player so it won't corrupt Google Drive's re-installation.
How do I do that?

MS Help could only suggest That I install Win8.
that is never going to happen!! :mad:
Vince (406)
1343027 2013-05-24 10:25:00 How on earth did Windows Media Player manage to associate itself with .exe and .dll files :illogical

If that's the case, you're going to have a very hard time fixing it...
pcuser42 (130)
1343028 2013-05-24 10:34:00 im confused as to how this happened.... GameJunkie (72)
1343029 2013-05-24 10:47:00 its by design. the only logical solution is to smash head against monitor and install linux. Mirddes (10)
1343030 2013-05-24 11:03:00 do a system restore to the day before.

that might help
GameJunkie (72)
1343031 2013-05-24 11:05:00 do a system restore to the day before.

that might help

Do this while booted from the Windows disc though, as trying to launch System Restore might launch Windows Media Player instead.
pcuser42 (130)
1343032 2013-05-24 12:00:00 support.microsoft.com

www.sevenforums.com

Might help
Agent_24 (57)
1343033 2013-05-24 12:51:00 im confused as to how this happened....

So am I
Vince (406)
1343034 2013-05-24 12:53:00 do a system restore to the day before.

that might help

It might if I knew when it happened.
Vince (406)
1343035 2013-05-25 01:47:00 if you want to uninstall Windows media player that's easy enough, Go to the Control Panel, programs and Features, near the top left, Turn Windows Features on or off - when it loads scroll down and expand media Features, untick Windows Media Player.

Just keep in mind sometimes things break if these programs are removed ( but not always)

Had similar actually with a customer and Firefox, it did an update and all of a sudden ALL exe files and programs wanted to open in FF - made life interesting :D FF totally screwed up the system.
wainuitech (129)
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