[cw-discuss] Installing Windows Media Player

[Ralph Alvy]

I tried that. I created a new bottle called Media Player. But when I choose to 
install Windows Media Player 6.4 from the Crossover list of software apps to 
install, it never asks me which bottle to use.

On Wednesday 10 January 2007 18:49, Marco Benton wrote:
> try creating a new bottle and install WMP in there.
>
> Ralph Alvy wrote:
> > I choose to install 6.4, but when I see version 7 in the list of
> > installed apps. I wonder if I attempted to install 7 a while ago, and now
> > that I try to install 6.4 it fails. Even when I tell Crossover to
> > Uninstall WMP 7, it remains in the list of installed software when done.
> >
> > On Wednesday 10 January 2007 14:42, Marco Benton wrote:
> >> what version of WMP are you installing?
> >>
> >> 6.4 works flawlessly...  i accidentally installed version 7 but that
> >> seems to work ok too.  newer versions are sure to fail quickly.
> >>
> >> Ralph Alvy wrote:
> >>> I have yet to see a successful Windows Media Player installation on
> >>> Crossover. I have recently upgraded to Crossover 6, but it still gives
> >>> me a failure message at then end of installation. I notice that when I
> >>> "install" it, I end up eventually on a Web page, loaded with IE6, where
> >>> nothing significant happens. If close IE6 at that point, then, within a
> >>> few secones, the Crossover installation of Windows Media Player gives
> >>> me a failure message.
> >>>
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