Looking for a workable way to get updates for windows media player off your system? There are always many reasons that make you want to uninstall programs from your computer from time to time. To keep your computer work properly, it's always a good habit to uninstall updates for windows media player you haven't used for a long time. However, we cannot have everything we wish for. There may be also many problems that make you not able to uninstall updates for windows media player from your PC, such as program errors, program not listed in Programs and Features, corrupted programs and so on. Therefore, to help you out, we've also worked out a few workable methods as well.

Possible Error Caused by Incorrect Uninstall Methods

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The above error messages are all caused by incomplete uninstallation of related programs. Incompletely uninstallation of a program will leave some invalid keys in the system registry, which will cause such error pop-ups when the system still executes them.

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Manually Uninstall updates for windows media player:

Step 1: End all processes that are related to updates for windows media player

Step 2: Uninstall updates for windows media player

Step 3: Delete invalid entries of updates for windows media player in the registry

Step 4: Delete leftovers of updates for windows media player in hard drive

Step 1: End all processes that are related to updates for windows media player

Hold Ctrl, Shift and Esc keys on the keyboard to open Task Manager. Then click on the related process and click End Process (in Windows 7, Vista) or End Task (in Windows 8) button.

Step 2: Uninstall updates for windows media player

You can uninstall updates for windows media player by any of the following uninstall methods:

Method 1: Uninstall updates for windows media player via Control Panel

1. Press Windows key and R key to open Run command.

2. When Run command pops up, type in appwiz.cpl and then hit OK button.

3. Right click on updates for windows media player and click Uninstall to uninstall updates for windows media player

Note: Usually, computer users can uninstall programs like updates for windows media player through Control Panel. But not everything can go as people wish and problems happen sometimes. For example, users may not be able to find updates for windows media player in Control Panel, or the uninstallation is interrupted due to some strange errors. If problems happen unexpectedly and you really want to completely remove updates for windows media player from your computer system, you need to perform the following steps and manually remove all of its files and components out of the system.

Method 2: Use System Restore to Uninstall updates for windows media player

System Restore is a useful built-in utility that allows computer users to roll back to the previous state when the computer works properly. If you have a habit of creating a system restore point before installing a new program, you can roll back to this system restore point if this new piece of program is not up to your expectation or cannot be uninstalled from your computer properly.

Method 3: Uninstall updates for windows media player via Windows Registry

1. Open regedit. To do so, press Windows and R keys, type in regedit and hit Enter.

2. Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

3. Find the program you want to uninstall, search for a string value called UninstallString in the right panel.

4. Double-click on it and copy its value.

5. Press Windows and R keys, type in cmd to open command prompt.

6. Right click, paste the value and hit Enter key. After that, the program will begin to uninstall. Click Yes when it asks for your confirmation.

Note: If you have a 64-bit Windows system, you may need to navigate to the following key to look for 32-bit programs:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Method 4: Reinstall to Uninstall updates for windows media player

If some of program files that are needed to uninstall updates for windows media player are missing or corrupted, you may fail to uninstall it. Believe it or not, reinstalling updates for windows media player may do the trick. If you still keep the original disk or the download file of updates for windows media player, you can try that to repair the program. After repairing the program, you can try to uninstall it again.

Step 3: Delete invalid entries of updates for windows media player in the registry

Video Guide: How to back up and edit the registry

Note: It's very important for you to know that the registry is one of the most important part of the Windows system, you should be extremely careful when deleting any keys in the registry. Any small mistake can result in severe problems or even system crash. So removing updates for windows media player by editing the registry is only recommended to computer users with certain computer knowledge. If you don't want to take the risk to damage your computer system, it's recomended that you use this Automatic Registry Cleaner to clean invalid keys.

Step 4: End all processes that are related to updates for windows media player

Even you uninstall updates for windows media player in Control Panel and remove invalid keys in the registry, there are still some folders left in hard drive. To completely remove updates for windows media player from your system, you can go to the following locations to delete the folders of updates for windows media player.

C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Program Files
C:\ProgramData
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming

Uninstall updates for windows media player via Automatic Uninstaller

Manually uninstalling updates for windows media player cannot promise a 100% removal of updates for windows media player, especially for computer users with little computer knowledge. If you have tried the above manual uninstall steps but still cannot get updates for windows media player removed from your system, it's very necessary for you to use this Automatic Uninstaller to do it for you. With only a few clicks, you can easily uninstall any stubborn program from your computer system.