Some registry tweaks for Microsoft Windows Media Player

to run Windows Registry Editor (regedit); Click Start menu > click run and type "regedit" . ( no quites).

To disable " Upgrade" message
1- Go to the following address: 2- Right click In the right panel and then create a new String Value and name it "AskMeAgain".
3- And finally give it value of NO, in the Value Data field.
To delete last Play List in the History
1- To delete last files go to and delete files you want to delete.
2- To delete last URLs go to and delete URLs you want to delete.

To hide Anchor window
1- Go to the following address:
2- Right click In the right panel and then create a new DWORD and name it " DoNotShowAnchor".
3- Give it value of 1 to hide Anchor window, and 0 to show Anchor window.
To change Windows Media Player Title bar
1- Go to the following address: 2- Right click In the right panel and then create a new String and then name it " TitleBar".
3- In value field type Title you want.

To remove some Windows Media Player components
1- Go to the following address:
2- Here you can remove following components : Radio Bar , Media Favorite , Find New Station
3- Right click In the right panel and then create a new DWORD and name it according components you want to remove :
4- To remove components give it value of 1, to restore components give it value of 0.

To prevent Windows Media Player from sending ( GUID ) throughout the intenet
1- Go to the following address: 2- Right click In the right panel and then create a new Binary and name it " SendUserGUID".
3- To prevent give it value of 0, and to allow sending give it value of 1.

To lock Windows Media Player's sking (disable changing skin)
1- Go to the following address:
2- Right click In the right panel and then create a new String and name it " DefaultSkin".
3- In value field , type skin's name ( for example: Classic.wmz).
4- Right click In the right panel and then create a new DWORD and name it " SetAndLockSkin".
5- To lock current skin give it value of 1, to unlock give it value of 0.

To enable DVD features in Windows Media Player
1- Go to the following address:
2- Right click In the right panel and then create a new String and name it " EnableDVDUI".
3- Give it value of Yes to enable DVD features.

Note: incorrectly editing Windows Registry may damage your computer. Please backup your Windows Registy.
These tweaks work in all Windows Versions


This post has been edited by truefusion: Aug 13 2007, 09:12 PM

Oh this is kool men. I know that Media player is not able to play DVDs unless supported by a third party DVD plugin. Will this hack actually make MEdia player play DVDs without a third party DVD plugin?

Thats my major concern.

Aye, and could you possibly make a part about how to safely back up your registry for people who dont know how??

yeah it works! just backed up the registry incase it decides to mess things up!