Comments on: SOLVED: Windows Media Player Missing

By: Ian Matthews

Ian Matthews — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 01:50:29 +0000

In reply to Herb Stof. I just checked my 1809 build of Win 10 Pro and found the instructions provided still apply as such I am at a loss as to why you do not see it. I also checked the MICROSOFT STORE and did NOT see it there (although I expect that is where it will end up in the next few builds). Do you see THAI SUPPLEMENTAL FONTS as shown in the screen shot?

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 12:16:46 +0000

I had a weird case where going through Start > Settings > Apps and Features > Manage optional features > Add Feature and then clicking on windows media player wouldn’t install for me. It was there to click on as a feature, but when I would click on it the process would fail and it would go right back into optional features again like I hadn’t clicked on anything at all. I figured out that I had to copy and paste the “Media.WindowsMediaPlayer~~12.0.mum” file from C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\FodMetadata\metadata into C:\Windows\servicing\Packages first. Once I did that, I was able to add the optional feature sucessfully. Just figured I’d comment on what took me a very long time to figure out incase there’s anyone else out there expereincing the same problem. I’m not running the N or K version of win10.

By: Herb Stof

Herb Stof — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:52:31 +0000

Same as with Steve: “…no Windows Media Player under add a feature on my PC”
Running Windows 10 Pro (not Windows 10 Pro N), v.1803

By: Amit

Amit — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 16:29:23 +0000

Thanks. It works for me. Nice solution.

By: clem

clem — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:22:22 +0000

Hi Ian,

Thanks for your article, after numerous attempts and searches your tip was the only one that worked for me. I had uninstalled WMP from my system for a test and could not through any other way get it back. Thank you.

By: Ian Matthews

Ian Matthews — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 22:55:12 +0000

In reply to Steve. I just checked my lastest version of Windows 10 beta (will go public in Sept 2018) and it still has WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER in the same place, just like it is shown in the screen shots. Are you in Europe? EU versions of Windows end with the letter N (i.e., Windows 10 Home N). The N stands for NOTHING. To meet EU regulations IE and Media Player have been removed, but I thought they could easily be turned back on. Unfortunately I do not have a N copy so I cannot proved this.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 04:00:47 +0000

There is no Windows Media Player under add a feature on my PC.