media player
 

I tried to switch to mini player but the media player toolbar is not in the
toolbars when i right-click and go to them is there some way to fix this
problem.

Re: media player
 

As Windows XP Pro x64 is actually based on Windows Server 2003 codebase,
which is primarily a business OS, I suspect that the ability to have the
mini player on the taskbar has been left out by design. We just have to
live without it ;(

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Re: media player
 

No, it isn't there. The basic reason is that the mini-player is a 32-bit DLL
(Media Player is a 32-bit application). Because it's a 32-bit DLL, it can't
be called by a 64-bit application (Windows Explorer). And the mini-player
hasn't been ported to 64-bit, unfortunately.

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Timothy wrote:
> I tried to switch to mini player but the media player toolbar is not in
> the toolbars when i right-click and go to them is there some way to fix
> this problem.

Re: media player
 

I doubt it was by design so much as the reality of resource constraints.
Since it would have required porting to 64 bit, and a complete cycle of QA.

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Jane Colman wrote:
> As Windows XP Pro x64 is actually based on Windows Server 2003 codebase,
> which is primarily a business OS, I suspect that the ability to have the
> mini player on the taskbar has been left out by design. We just have to
> live without it ;(

Re: media player
 

I agree with Charlie, time, resources, were factors that made impossible to
include this feature, its fixed in Vista x64 though. :)
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"Jane Colman" <jellybean@xjgarage.org> wrote in message
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> As Windows XP Pro x64 is actually based on Windows Server 2003 codebase,
> which is primarily a business OS, I suspect that the ability to have the
> mini player on the taskbar has been left out by design. We just have to
> live without it ;(
>
> --
> Jane, not plain ;) 64bit enabled ;)
> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation.
>
>