[Bug 49465] New: I cannot install Windows Media Player

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49465

Bug ID: 49465
           Summary: I cannot install Windows Media Player
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
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Created attachment 67571
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=67571
error log

FOr some reason i cannot install windows media player. pls help.

[Bug 49465] I cannot install Windows Media Player

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Michael McGuire  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Michael McGuire  ---
Have you tried 'winetricks wmp11'? https://wiki.winehq.org/Winetricks

It seems to use several workarounds including setting wine's windows version to
xp rather than 10.

[Bug 49465] I cannot install Windows Media Player

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--- Comment #2 from Austin English  ---
Also note that wine-4.0 is no longer supported, please upgrade to 5.x

[Bug 49465] I cannot install Windows Media Player

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Lunknown  changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Lunknown  ---
I also could not get wmp11 32bit working with winetricks on my multilib system.
I did however did get wmp11 64bit working with winetricks on multilib system.

[Bug 49465] I cannot install Windows Media Player

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--- Comment #4 from Lunknown  ---
Created attachment 67619
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WP11-winetricks-terminal.txt

[Bug 49465] I cannot install Windows Media Player

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Lunknown  changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Lunknown  ---
Created attachment 67620
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WP11-winetricks-terminal.txt

Here is the what's on the terminal when i install wmp11 via winetricks and
what happens when i try and run a game that needs wmp11.

This was tested on wine-5.11.

[Bug 49465] I cannot install Windows Media Player

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Neko-san  changed:

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