Installing Winamp

Winamp has a few problems with Vista at the moment and if you install with the normal options then when start you will get an error message.

This is due to the Sonic CD Burning/Ripping part of winamp. So when installing make sure to disable this part from the installable options and it will solve the problem

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Cool that actually worked for me, fixed the issue i had with streaming audio. Thanks alot

That's Work,, thx

Thanks for the tip.

New to the forum so wasn't sure quite where to go with this one. i had no problem whatsoever installing or running winamp in vista x64. My problem is that one of my most used things in winamp, where you're in win explorer and right click a tune or group of tunes and click on ENQUE IN WINAMP. That option just isn't there for me in Vista. Any ideas anyone? Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


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Pervo said:

Winamp has a few problems with Vista at the moment and if you install with the normal options then when start you will get an error message.

This is due to the Sonic CD Burning/Ripping part of winamp. So when installing make sure to disable this part from the installable options and it will solve the problem

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The new Winamp 5.5 is finally Vista compatible, including x64. The only problem that still remains is that the taskbar preview is still the old 2.x interface. The CD ripping and track time bugs have been fixed.

Okay, I here's my question:

How does one properly install Winamp (in my case v5.541) on Vista for a non-privildedge user account?

Currently, my Vista Home Premium x64 non-priviledged user gets a UAC dialog box everytime Winamp starts.

Any ideas?

pvman said:

Okay, I here's my question:

How does one properly install Winamp (in my case v5.541) on Vista for a non-privildedge user account?

Currently, my Vista Home Premium x64 non-priviledged user gets a UAC dialog box everytime Winamp starts.

Any ideas?

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the only fix I have found for this is to run winamp in compatibility mode. using win XP SP2 as the selection from the menu

HTH

ITJUNKIE said:

the only fix I have found for this is to run winamp in compatibility mode. using win XP SP2 as the selection from the menu

HTH

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Thanks!! That worked.

Okay, that fixed the "error", but I wonder why it occured in the first place. Was Winamp asking to do something "important" that it will now not do in "WinXP SP2 Compatiblity" mode?

pvman said:

ITJUNKIE said:

the only fix I have found for this is to run winamp in compatibility mode. using win XP SP2 as the selection from the menu

HTH

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Thanks!! That worked.

Okay, that fixed the "error", but I wonder why it occured in the first place. Was Winamp asking to do something "important" that it will now not do in "WinXP SP2 Compatiblity" mode?

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Your welcome & happy holidays/Merry Christmas to you.

my guess is that you are not losing any functionality but that winamp needs to be re written to work better with Vista and the new security settings.

I wish all apps worked in Windows when it comes to permission's like they do in the nix world but unfortunately that is not the case yet

I'm using Sax-N-Dottys show Persenter. this is a Karaoke software. but it uses winamp to play the graphs on the screen. when i down load it on my vista x64 bit it just freezes i have to go to task manager to end processes where it says not responding. my question is how do i install the winamp to stop this. i'm not sure what you mean by the sonic software.

I have used this program on xp for 5 years now and never had a problem.