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lawnmowerguy
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November 29th, 2003 01:00
Turning off the mini-player toolbar with WMP 9
I'm using XP Home SP1 with Windows Media Player 9. I few days ago, I turned on the mini-player toolbar for WMP 9. Is it possible to turn it back off? I've been searching the options features but cannot see how to do that.
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Posted November 29th, 2003 12:00
lawnmowerguy,
I have wmplayer 7.1 so this may not work, but:
go to your Tools | options | player section and look for
When in compact mode, always display anchor window
If there is a checkmark, uncheck it, close wmp [maybe reboot too] and then reopen and see if this corrects the problem.1008
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Posted November 29th, 2003 12:00
I can't right-click on the mini-tool bar. Nothing happens. If I click the "restore" button, the full-screen version of WMP re-appears. However, that doesn't solve the problem of turning off the mini-tool bar.1008
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Posted November 29th, 2003 13:00
Thanks for the tip, but it didn't work. Mine has the option to..."Display anchor window when in skin mode." I turned that on and off, but it didn't get rid of the mini-toolbar feature.
Apparently this feature is only for WMP 9 with Windows XP. After installing WMP 9 and using it for a few minutes, a window suddenly popped up asking if I wanted to try the mini-toolbar feature. Curious, I clicked okay and now I'm stuck with it.
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Posted November 29th, 2003 14:00
lawnmowerguy,
There are two places that you can check while waiting for the correct reply:
- Zach Demian's Mini WMP-FAQ page. Demian was the lead architect for wmplayer.
- Microsoft newsgroups. Open the Windows Media and then Windows Media Player. Demain frequents the forum and answers posts very regularly. You probably will find your answer there.
- Zach Demian's Mini WMP-FAQ page. Demian was the lead architect for wmplayer.
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Posted November 29th, 2003 18:00
Does your "mini-player toolbar" look like this?
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Posted November 29th, 2003 18:00
Yes, that's it. Is it possible to turn that off?1008
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Posted November 29th, 2003 19:00
That's actually called Windows Media Player Tray Control.
You can turn it off by right clicking an empty area of your taskbar, then on the context menu click Toolbars, and untick Windows Media Player.
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Posted November 29th, 2003 19:00
Thank you.Problem solved.
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Posted November 29th, 2003 07:00
Try right-clicking the toolbar and select Switch to Full Mode on the popup menu.