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How to determine the version of Windows Media Player

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to determine the version of Windows Media Player currently installed on your PC.

To determine the version of Windows Media Player, start Windows Media Player, click About on the Help menu in and then note the version number below the Copyright notice. If the Help menu is not displayed, press ALT + H, on your keyboard and then click About.

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Version number	Version of Windows Media Player (WMP)
5.1.51.421	WMP 5.2 Beta
5.1.52.701	WMP 5.2
6.02.902	WMP 6.0
6.1.5.130	WMP 6.0 Internet Explorer 5 RC0 Beta
6.1.7.217	WMP 6.0
6.2.5.410	WMP 6.2 Beta
6.4.5.809	WMP 6.4
6.4.6.*	WMP 6.4 for Windows 2000 Betas
6.4.7.1028	WMP 6.4 with multi-bit rate (MBR) updates for Internet Explorer
6.4.7.1112	WMP 6.4 with MBR updates (minor error messaging updates from 6.4.7.1028)
6.4.9.*	WMP 6.4 for Windows 2000 only
7.0.0.1954	WMP 7
7.0.0.1958	WMP 7 Update
7.0.0.1956	WMP 7 with Setup updates
7.0.0.1440	WMP 7 for Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
7.01.00.3055	WMP 7.1
8.00.00.4477	WMP for Windows XP
9.00.00.2980	WMP 9 Series for Windows XP, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, and Windows 2000
9.00.00.2991	WMP 9 Series for Windows Server 2003
10.00.00.3646	WMP 10
11.0.5721.5230	WMP 11 for Windows XP
11.0.6000.6344	WMP 11 for Windows Vista
12.0.7601.1754	WMP 12 for Windows 7