Vista - wmp vista lack of visualisations

anyone know how to import/copy visualisations from wmp in winxp to wmp in win
vista ultimate please? vista has an appaulingly small number of visuals, i
have tried copy/paste from the visualisation folder from one o/s to the
other, but that didnt work. are there hidden dll files somewhere?
help please!!

you can download and install more

there are sites that have them

some are free and some more advanced are not


"richardman" <richardman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:74682B3D-22FA-48D7-A462-FC03C14D3202@microsoft.com...
> anyone know how to import/copy visualisations from wmp in winxp to wmp in
> win
> vista ultimate please? vista has an appaulingly small number of visuals, i
> have tried copy/paste from the visualisation folder from one o/s to the
> other, but that didnt work. are there hidden dll files somewhere?
> help please!!

thanks. i got all the good free ones, but really want the old ones from wmp
10!

"user one" wrote:

> you can download and install more
>
> there are sites that have them
>
> some are free and some more advanced are not
>
>
> "richardman" <richardman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:74682B3D-22FA-48D7-A462-FC03C14D3202@microsoft.com...
> > anyone know how to import/copy visualisations from wmp in winxp to wmp in
> > win
> > vista ultimate please? vista has an appaulingly small number of visuals, i
> > have tried copy/paste from the visualisation folder from one o/s to the
> > other, but that didnt work. are there hidden dll files somewhere?
> > help please!!
>
>

Copying and pasting to the Visualizations folder is fine, but the dll's also
have to be registered. E.g., run Command Prompt as Administrator (by
right-clicking on the Command Prompt shortcut), and type:

regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Visualizations\nullvis.dll"

(the quotes are necessary, as shown).

where nullvis.dll is the name of the particular visualization's dll
(substitute nullvis.dll for the actual name of the dll you are registering).
Press enter on you keyboard.


Not all visualizations may work, in which case, to remove it from the Media
Player, run Command Prompt as Administrator, and type:

regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Windows Media
Player\Visualizations\nullvis.dll"

Press enter on you keyboard.


"richardman" <richardman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:74682B3D-22FA-48D7-A462-FC03C14D3202@microsoft.com...
> anyone know how to import/copy visualisations from wmp in winxp to wmp in
> win
> vista ultimate please? vista has an appaulingly small number of visuals, i
> have tried copy/paste from the visualisation folder from one o/s to the
> other, but that didnt work. are there hidden dll files somewhere?
> help please!!

Correction (I got an extra space in the command to unregister a
visualization). To UNregister, type:

regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Windows Media
Player\Visualizations\nullvis.dll"

where nullvis.dll is the name of of the visualization's dll you are
unregistering.

These steps, noted in my previous post, are only nececessary if you no
longer have the installer for the visualization, which would normally do the
registering for you, or if you wish to get rid of a visualization in Windows
Media Player, and there's no option to do so.



"dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:49E31399-18DF-4945-9EC4-1C9702219C5D@microsoft.com...
> Copying and pasting to the Visualizations folder is fine, but the dll's
> also have to be registered. E.g., run Command Prompt as Administrator (by
> right-clicking on the Command Prompt shortcut), and type:
>
> regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Windows Media
> Player\Visualizations\nullvis.dll"
>
> (the quotes are necessary, as shown).
>
> where nullvis.dll is the name of the particular visualization's dll
> (substitute nullvis.dll for the actual name of the dll you are
> registering). Press enter on you keyboard.
>
>
> Not all visualizations may work, in which case, to remove it from the
> Media Player, run Command Prompt as Administrator, and type:
>
> regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Windows Media
> Player\Visualizations\nullvis.dll"
>
> Press enter on you keyboard.
>
>
> "richardman" <richardman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:74682B3D-22FA-48D7-A462-FC03C14D3202@microsoft.com...
>> anyone know how to import/copy visualisations from wmp in winxp to wmp in
>> win
>> vista ultimate please? vista has an appaulingly small number of visuals,
>> i
>> have tried copy/paste from the visualisation folder from one o/s to the
>> other, but that didnt work. are there hidden dll files somewhere?
>> help please!!
>

Correction. One more time, and then I'm giving up.

To UNregister, type:

regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Visualizations\nullvis.dll"


"dean-dean" wrote:

> Correction (I got an extra space in the command to unregister a
> visualization). To UNregister, type:
>
> regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Windows Media
> Player\Visualizations\nullvis.dll"
>
> where nullvis.dll is the name of of the visualization's dll you are
> unregistering.
>
> These steps, noted in my previous post, are only nececessary if you no
> longer have the installer for the visualization, which would normally do the
> registering for you, or if you wish to get rid of a visualization in Windows
> Media Player, and there's no option to do so.
>
>
>
> "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:49E31399-18DF-4945-9EC4-1C9702219C5D@microsoft.com...
> > Copying and pasting to the Visualizations folder is fine, but the dll's
> > also have to be registered. E.g., run Command Prompt as Administrator (by
> > right-clicking on the Command Prompt shortcut), and type:
> >
> > regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Windows Media
> > Player\Visualizations\nullvis.dll"
> >
> > (the quotes are necessary, as shown).
> >
> > where nullvis.dll is the name of the particular visualization's dll
> > (substitute nullvis.dll for the actual name of the dll you are
> > registering). Press enter on you keyboard.
> >
> >
> > Not all visualizations may work, in which case, to remove it from the
> > Media Player, run Command Prompt as Administrator, and type:
> >
> > regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Windows Media
> > Player\Visualizations\nullvis.dll"
> >
> > Press enter on you keyboard.
> >
> >
> > "richardman" <richardman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:74682B3D-22FA-48D7-A462-FC03C14D3202@microsoft.com...
> >> anyone know how to import/copy visualisations from wmp in winxp to wmp in
> >> win
> >> vista ultimate please? vista has an appaulingly small number of visuals,
> >> i
> >> have tried copy/paste from the visualisation folder from one o/s to the
> >> other, but that didnt work. are there hidden dll files somewhere?
> >> help please!!
> >
>
>

thanks for the excellent info. i have successfully copied over some vis from
wmp 10, wmpvis.dll into c:\pro files\wmp\, but mpvis.dll wont copy into vista
pro file, says i need permission to do this. anything i can do about that
please? the only vis i really want is plenoptic, which wasnt in the
wmpvis.dll!
thanks again - good to get some accurate info!!

"Dean-Dean" wrote:

> Correction. One more time, and then I'm giving up.
>
> To UNregister, type:
>
> regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Visualizations\nullvis.dll"
>
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>
> > Correction (I got an extra space in the command to unregister a
> > visualization). To UNregister, type:
> >
> > regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Windows Media
> > Player\Visualizations\nullvis.dll"
> >
> > where nullvis.dll is the name of of the visualization's dll you are
> > unregistering.
> >
> > These steps, noted in my previous post, are only nececessary if you no
> > longer have the installer for the visualization, which would normally do the
> > registering for you, or if you wish to get rid of a visualization in Windows
> > Media Player, and there's no option to do so.
> >
> >
> >
> > "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:49E31399-18DF-4945-9EC4-1C9702219C5D@microsoft.com...
> > > Copying and pasting to the Visualizations folder is fine, but the dll's
> > > also have to be registered. E.g., run Command Prompt as Administrator (by
> > > right-clicking on the Command Prompt shortcut), and type:
> > >
> > > regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Windows Media
> > > Player\Visualizations\nullvis.dll"
> > >
> > > (the quotes are necessary, as shown).
> > >
> > > where nullvis.dll is the name of the particular visualization's dll
> > > (substitute nullvis.dll for the actual name of the dll you are
> > > registering). Press enter on you keyboard.
> > >
> > >
> > > Not all visualizations may work, in which case, to remove it from the
> > > Media Player, run Command Prompt as Administrator, and type:
> > >
> > > regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Windows Media
> > > Player\Visualizations\nullvis.dll"
> > >
> > > Press enter on you keyboard.
> > >
> > >
> > > "richardman" <richardman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:74682B3D-22FA-48D7-A462-FC03C14D3202@microsoft.com...
> > >> anyone know how to import/copy visualisations from wmp in winxp to wmp in
> > >> win
> > >> vista ultimate please? vista has an appaulingly small number of visuals,
> > >> i
> > >> have tried copy/paste from the visualisation folder from one o/s to the
> > >> other, but that didnt work. are there hidden dll files somewhere?
> > >> help please!!
> > >
> >
> >