Windows 10: Windows Media Player Missing

For some context, this has been an issue for quite a while now. SFC and DISM do not detect any corruption for my installation either.


I am unable to access nor install Windows Media Player which is required for certain applications (such as for PS4 Remote Play) to function despite having Media Features enabled under Optional Features (as you can see below, WMP simply does not exist):





I am running Windows 10 Education x64 v1809.





I have also tried installing the Media Features install package (Windows_MediaFeaturePack_x64_1809Oct.msu) but get an error:





So I tried extracting it and using DISM to try installing it:





I'm running out of ideas and this has been an issue for at least three major content updates for Windows 10. Every update I've been hoping would resolve this issue. It's not high priority hence why I've waited until now to ask about it but it is quite a nuisance.


Does anyone know of any method to install Windows Media Player other than reinstalling from scratch which may or may not even fix the issue?

:)

 

Faulty Windows Media Player

Windows Mesdis Player developed a fault (Played jerky an missed bits) so I down loaded Media Player 10.

It's no better. Any suggestions (I run Windows 98)

 

HELP! Windows Media Player Problem

http://support.microsoft.com/KB/243621

that covers up to version 10... let me see if its diffrent for the newer versions


EDit:

here is how to clear the frequent list.
http://www.blogsdna.com/4086/how-to...edia-player-12-frequent-list-in-windows-7.htm

and here is how to clear the history
http://www.downloadatoz.com/essenti...ar-the-windows-media-player-12-history_g.html

and from the last link is the same error where you can just disable it too =)

 

New Windows Media Player Plugin for Firefox

Anyone who uses Windows Vista and Mozilla Firefox may be pleased to hear that the Windows Media Player team has now released a plugin for Firefox that should allow the browser to play WMP content on websites. Here are the steps to get it working:

• Installation of the Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin may require administrative access to your PC. It is recommended that you close all other open browser windows before continuing with the installation.
• Click the Install button to automatically download and install the Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin.
• Depending on your security settings, you may see a Security Warning dialog box. Click Install to install the plugin.

There is a known issue if you are using Firefox version 2.0.0.3 on Windows Vista with the installer failing with error code -203. To work around this simply restart Firefox (you will get a notification that Windows Vista will be changing the Firefox compatibility settings) and then install again - the second time should succeed.

The download is available here, and the new plugin works on all versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista (although it is mostly intended for Vista, as that currently has no WMP support in Firefox).

Source: Windows Vista Blog