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This article explains how to uninstall a Windows Media Player Visualization manually, in case the standard removal procedures do not work.
In Windows Explorer .mp3 associates with Windows Media Player. In Media Player it shows that it will handle .mp3 files. QuickTime Player shows that it does not handle mp3 files. But when I click a link to an .mp3 file in Internet Explorer it plays the file using QuickTime, instead of launching Windows Media Player. What can I do to fix this?
How do set Microsoft Script Editor as the default script debugger
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How do I select which debugger is triggered for JIT debugging when a script error occurs in Internet Explorer. Currently I have both Visual Studio and Microsoft Script Editor installed on my machine. However, only the Visual Studio debugger comes up and I prefer to use Microsoft Script Editor as the default script debugger.
This article describes how to remove the Viruses entry from the Start menu Search options.
Error "Can't find script engine "VBScript" for script" when installing the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility
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When you try to install Windows Installer Cleanup Utility in your Windows XP system, the following error may occur and installation halts:
How to clear the recent documents history in Office Viewer (2003) applications
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Every time I open Word Viewer (2003) and click on File menu, a list of every document it has ever opened appears, even if the original document has long gone. Where is this info stored? I've tried looking through the program files, the registry, and the .dat files, to no avail. Even tried uninstalling and reinstalling the viewer.
How to recreate the Office 2003 Setup files folder (MSOCache) after deleting it accidentally using Disk Cleanup utility
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In article 131, we discussed how to Prevent accidental deletion of Office Setup Files when using the Disk Cleanup utility. This article describes how to recreate the MSOCache folder in case you've deleted it accidentally.
You receive an error message when you click a hyperlink in Microsoft Outlook
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When you click a hyperlink in Microsoft Outlook, you may receive the following error message:
"Error 1402" when installing Acrobat Reader in Windows XP
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When you try to install Acrobat Acrobat Reader 8 on your Windows XP system, you may receive the following error message:
Error "Setup has failed" when installing Windows Desktop Search
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When you attempt to install Windows Desktop Search 3.0, the following error may occur and the setup fails:
How to reinstate Windows XP Search Companion after you install Windows Desktop Search
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Since installing Windows Desktop Search (WDS) v3, when I right click on a folder and then click on Search..., WDS opens. This is hardly ever what I want. The same happens when I click Search from the Start menu. How do I reinstate the Windows XP Search Companion?
How to prevent PDF document from opening in the browser window when clicking on a link
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When you click on a URL which links to a PDF file, the file may open in the browser window. This article tells how to configure Adobe Reader 8 so that the PDF documents from a web link open in Adobe Reader.
With WinAmp one can right-click a folder in Windows Explorer (with subfolders) and select Play in WinAmp and it will recurse all folders and grab every audio file in all those folders and play them. Can this be done with WMP11? Can WMP11 recurse music folders and place all the mp3s in the Now Playing List?
How to rollback the registry settings after Windows OneCare Safety Scanner Cleanup
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This article describes how to restore the registry settings, in the event of application malfunction or any other errors if any, after cleaning up the registry using Windows Live OneCare.
Windows Live Messenger introduces the Sharing Folders feature which allows you share files with your contacts. It also creates a special folder named My Sharing Folders in the My Computer view.

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