On 5/22/12 12:14 PM, LMH wrote: > Windows media player is one of the applications I never use and so it > has been "uninstalled" using remove windows components. All of the files > are still there since windows won't really let you uninstall, it just > lets you pretend it's not installed (XP sp3 if it matters). > > My firewall logs (Comodo CIS D+) indicate that when I start seamonkey, > seamonkey.exe tries to access the file wmplayer.exe. This file is > blocked by the firewall since I can't fully uninstall the app, so there > is a log entry. > > I checked under helper applications for SM, and media player is not > listed there anywhere. Is there some reason why seamonkey would be > trying to access media player on startup and is there a way to stop it? > > LMH
I gave up trying to uninstall Windows Media Player. It seemed that every time I booted Windows XP, WMP would appear installed. Instead, I went to the SeaMonkey Add-ons Manager, selected Plugins, and disabled WMP. I also disabled Windows Presentation Foundation. All this required that I allocate media types to some other applications. I have RealPlayer, WinAmp, Quicktime, and a few others. My primary beef with WMP is that it plays media from within a Web page instead of launching a distinct, separate process. If I switch profiles or merely close that page, whatever was playing stops. This is also a complaint I have against media playing via Flash. Usually, the media I play are streaming broadcasts of classical music. These are not 5-10 minute tracks of popular pieces; these are 30-60 minute symphonies and concertos or even 2 hour operas. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
