Remove Items from Media Player (All Windows)

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Remove Items from Media Player (All Windows)
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This tweak allows you to remove the Radio Bar, Media Favorites and Finding New Station from Windows Media Player.

Open your registry and find the key below.

For each item you want to remove create a new DWORD value according to the values below and set it to equal "1" for disabled.

Restart Media Player for the changes to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
NoRadioBar	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
NoMediaFavorites	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
NoFindNewStations	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer]
Name: NoRadioBar, NoMediaFavorites, NoFindNewStations
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = appears, 1 = disabled)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: April 3, 2002

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