Tired of Windows Media Player shenanigans? These open-source apps are a better solution, and they're completely free.

In this post, we will show you how to open Windows Media Player Legacy as well as the new Media Player app in Windows 11/10. The player is not easily visible. Has Microsoft removed Windows Media ...

Media player software for Windows from Microsoft that plays a variety of audio, video and streaming formats including MP3, WMA, CD audio and MIDI. Starting with Version 6.2 in 1999, the Windows ...

VLC media player was at CES 2025 to demonstrate two new features—AI-generated subtitles and translation. Both of these work ...

Windows Media formats are supported in many software and hardware-based players as well as Microsoft's own software-based Windows Media Player. The foundation container format for Windows Media is ...

Now, it appears that the company is working on a new media player experience for the OS. A screenshot of the purported app was spotted by Windows Latest on a Windows Insider webcast, and can be ...

Microsoft advises users not to install recent security updates using physical media. The company is working on a fix.

Microsoft has clarified that this issue only applies to users who installed the Windows 11 24H2 update using a USB drive or ...

This will affect the legacy Windows Media Player, Silverlight clients, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Microsoft does not specifically mention Windows 8.1 in this list so users still running the OS ...

PCMag PCMag.com and PC Magazine are among the federally registered trademarks of Ziff Davis, LLC and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission. The ...