Windows Media Player 9 taskbar skinned

[Dazzla Veteran]

I had the 9.00.00.2926 installed, then I renamed wmploc.dll and then it didnt work, so I replaced it with backup.. and then ran WMP9 and got that error.

Then I reinstalled it (again) and now WMP9 works, but I haven't tried doing the whole dll poop again.. going to wait a bit, but thanks for the help anyways, I'm sure I'm not the only one who will have this problem.

So you closed WMP9 first of all? Checked task manager to see if it was still running? Then deleted wmploc from c:\windows\system32\dllcache\? Then renamed the wmploc.dll in c:\windows\system32\? and replaced it?

Because it's working fine for others.

[Binary]

doesnt work for me either, I'll just hack my own :)

thanks dazzla

Chris

[Dazzla Veteran]

doesnt work for me either, I'll just hack my own :)

thanks dazzla

Chris

That sucks, I wonder why.

What error are you getting?

[S@VTRoNiC]

is it possible to disable the window when the wmp is on taskbar mode ?

[Binary]

doesnt work for me either, I'll just hack my own :)

thanks dazzla

Chris

That sucks, I wonder why.

What error are you getting?

the version mismatch error

Chris

[proph]

doesnt work for me either, I'll just hack my own :)

thanks dazzla

Chris

That sucks, I wonder why.

What error are you getting?

the version mismatch error

Chris

Hah told you Dazzla... :angry: :angry:

[ToiletofSadness]

the version mismatch error

FYI, I got the same error. Brand new install of WMP9 RC off the MS site today.

[SanGreal]

Works great for me! Thanks Dazzla!

There seems to be one instruction missing however:

Navigate to c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386 and delete or rename wmploc.dll there, before replacing the dll :)

It seems if you have to reinstall wmp9 if you mess up once, as it thinks your version is too old (since it replaces it with version 8 from sp1) and if you restore from a backup it thinks its too new

[SanGreal]

I do have one small problem though :(

There is a 1px blue line right below the lower border that extends from the left edge to about the middle of the quick access button...

Is this because I am using the default size taskbar?

[Binary]

Works great for me! Thanks Dazzla!

There seems to be one instruction missing however:

Navigate to c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386 and delete or rename wmploc.dll there, before replacing the dll :)

It seems if you have to reinstall wmp9 if you mess up once, as it thinks your version is too old (since it replaces it with version 8 from sp1) and if you restore from a backup it thinks its too new

that was my problem :)

Thanks for the tip. I wondered why the dllcache file kept reappearing after I deleted it.

Thanks for the player skin Dazzla :)

Chris

[AshUK]

This is fabulouse, Dazzla you need to it skin when the taskbar is vertical aswell.

[Dazzla Veteran]

Works great for me! Thanks Dazzla!

There seems to be one instruction missing however:

Navigate to c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386 and delete or rename wmploc.dll there, before replacing the dll :)

It seems if you have to reinstall wmp9 if you mess up once, as it thinks your version is too old (since it replaces it with version 8 from sp1) and if you restore from a backup it thinks its too new

Thanks for that, I slipstreamed SP1 so I don't have that folder.

Hah told you Dazzla...  :angry:  :angry:

There ya go, happy...

navigate to c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386 and delete wmploc.dll there as well

[Dazzla Veteran]

This is fabulouse, Dazzla you need to it skin when the taskbar is vertical aswell.

Yeah, I'm not going to be doing any skins now, I've got my olive so I'm happy. When WMP9 final comes out, I'll start making skins for it then, vertical and horizontal.

[Dazzla Veteran]

I do have one small problem though :(

There is a 1px blue line right below the lower border that extends from the left edge to about the middle of the quick access button...

Is this because I am using the default size taskbar?

Hmmm, I think I know what you mean. It's happened once to me, maximising then minimising fixed it. What theme are you using?

Oh, and I've reuploaded the file with the new readme, cheers SanGreal :)

[dayle]

cool now i need to get my hands on watercolor..thanks dazzla

[dysektor]

Watercolor 4.2 can be found in Completed Visual Styles forum...

[Deron Dantzler]

Sweeeeeeeet...This is a monumental find Dazzla. I still think people should have noticed that MSN 8 is skinnable now thanks to my 'group' nextgenMS :). I'm off to make a WaterColor skin for it now. I'm digging WaterColor these days.

[Knight']

Cool, I cant wait to see new skins for it

[squiggy]

yeah,i hope a nice crystal skin gets made. :D

[Knight']

Please make a skin for the classic theme, i really hate seeing this blue/silver thing in my classic grey taskbar ;)

[cannhawk]

I could not get the wmp to work on the taskbar I got all kinds of error and had to reinstall wmp 9. So I use the skin I found at

http://www.deskmod.com/?show=showskin&skin_id=20182

It is the Windows XP media center skin

Cannhawk

[Xero]

Hey Dazzla, Great work on the skin. As some people know I make MSN8 Dashboard skins. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind if I used your WMP9 taskbar skin in my watercolour skin for dashboard docked media player? It would add so much more to the skin. Lemme know

[Dazzla Veteran]

Hey Dazzla, Great work on the skin. As some people know I make MSN8 Dashboard skins. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind if I used your WMP9 taskbar skin in my watercolour skin for dashboard docked media player? It would add so much more to the skin. Lemme know

Yeah you can use it, just mention me ;)

[Xero]

:) sure thing man and thanks.. now just to find where the images are stored :D

[Knight']

Hey u guys, could you plz make a WMP9 toolbar skin for classic, I'm sure it would be the easyist skin u ever made but it would be sooooo appreciated! :laugh: :p :cool: