Vista - I've lost Windows Media player again!

Since installing service pack 1, I cannot find windows media player or the Media center.
I have looked every where and when I tried to download it again I got the following message.

There is a more recent version of Windows Media player (11.0.6001.7000) already installed on your computer. It is not possible to use an older installation package (11.0.5721.5146) to install files or to repair your current version of the player.

I can't even find it to uninstall it and then download it again! Any help would be very much appreciated.

I have just found another post which said to right click on the desktop and type in C:|windows\ehome\ehshell.exe to create a shortcut. This worked but when i tried to open the application using administrstor option I got this message

Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restriction policy. For more information contact your system administrator. I am the administrator and I don't know what I'm talking about!! Any ideas please???

Hi Yorkshire,

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Steven

This is the message that i get when I click on the shortcut to the application

Yeah there are no downloadable setup files for WMP, reinstalling WMP and MC requires the reinstall of SP1 itself because that was the last setup update

Try these commands for running WMP and Media Center...

%ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\setup_wm.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
%SystemRoot%\ehome\ehshell.exe


How did they go?
Steven

I tried all three commands and got the same answer; no items match your search

Press WinKey + R and run them from there, dont use the search

Steven

Wonderful! I've found it by typing in the 2nd command. I never cease to be amazed at the depth of knowledge that I find on this forum. Thank you so much. Just one more question if I may; how do I send a shortcut to the desktop for WMP?

Hey Yorkshire,

I uploaded a shortcut for you

Steven

Thank you SO much;that's quite amazing, I can go to bed now , I was scared to close WMP in case I lost it again. I can't thank you enough.

Thank you! I was forced to use crappy iTunes until I read your post