Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin
What is Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin?
To play Windows Media in Firefox, you need the Windows Media Player browser plugin installed. Even if you already have Windows Media Player installed, you may still be missing the plugin required to play back Windows Media audio and video embedded in Web Pages.
About (from Microsoft)
To see if you already have the plugin installed at the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox button, and then click Add-ons. The Add-ons Manager tab will open. In the Add-ons Manager tab, select the Plugins panel. Scroll down the list, and look for the entry called: Microsoft® Windows Media Player Firefox Plu... Read more
Overview
The main program executable is np-mswmp.dll. The software installer includes 609 files and is usually about 909 KB (930,816 bytes).
Program details
URL: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/play-windows-media-files-in-firefox
Help link: www.microsoft.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\plugins
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{69FDFBB6-351D-4B8C-89D8-867DC9D0A2A4}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 909 KB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin
| Program module: | np-mswmp.dll |
| Name: | Microsoft® Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin |
| np-mswmp |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\plugins\np-mswmp.dll |
| MD5: | 99f97c9fe748c37528c338a423577fcb |
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Behaviors exhibited
Google Chrome Plugin
- np-mswmp.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'np-mswmp.dll'.
How do I remove Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin?
You can uninstall Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 66%
Win 8 0%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #95
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
71.61% |
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| Windows Vista |
13.51% |
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| Windows 10 |
8.74% |
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| Windows XP |
6.08% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.05% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
41.01% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
15.79% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
10.59% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
10.54% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.07% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
3.31% |
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Geography
41.98% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
41.98% |
| Germany |
7.86% |
| United Kingdom |
3.99% |
| France |
3.74% |
| Brazil |
3.16% |
| Canada |
2.94% |
| Italy |
2.65% |
| Netherlands |
2.46% |
| Israel |
1.92% |
| Spain |
1.53% |
| Belgium |
1.35% |
| Australia |
1.32% |
| Iran |
1.12% |
| Japan |
1.09% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
26.31% |
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| Dell |
24.67% |
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| Acer |
18.10% |
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| Toshiba |
9.11% |
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| GIGABYTE |
7.02% |
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| ASUS |
6.91% |
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| Samsung |
3.25% |
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| Lenovo |
1.80% |
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| Intel |
1.62% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.21% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
8.31% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
6.23% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
3.00% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.76% |
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| Dell Inspiron 530 |
2.29% |
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| HP G62 Notebook PC |
2.21% |
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About Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a variety of products and services related to computing.
Publisher URL: www.microsoft.com