Originally posted here by foxyloxley
If you have the other media players on CD, or can get them easily enough, delete all your media players. Reboot and run a registery cleaner package like 'Registery Mechanic'
http://www.winguides.com/regmech/

Then re load the other media players.

A bit long winded, and I'm certain there MUST be a better way, but that's the way I got round a similar problem.

[edit] I've assumed that the shared files are with the other media players...........
thank you ill give it a try and yes the shared files are with other media players also drivers for some of the hardware as well