Windows Media Player Toolbar

Introduction

Windows Media Player has a nifty toolbar that sits in your taskbar next to the time and lets you control Windows Media Player while you do other things.

Enable the WMP Toolbar

1. Right-click the taskbar, point at Toolbars, and then select Windows Media Player.
2. To show the Windows Media Player toolbar simply minimize Windows Media Player.

Using the WMP Toolbar

• Controlling WMP: Simply use the Stop, Play, Pause, Rewind, and Fast Forward buttons to control your media.
• Volume Management: Click the little speaker next to the fast forward button to mute. To adjust the volume press the down arrow next to the little speaker and then adjust the volume left or right.
• Maximize WMP: Click the little WMP icon (all the way on the left of the WMP toolbar) or click the maximize button (far bottom right) to maximize WMP.
• View Visualizations and Video: Click the arrows that point up and down (far top right) to show or hide visualizations if you’re listening to music or video if your viewing a video.

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7 Responses to “Windows Media Player Toolbar”

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1. chris says:

   November 19, 2007 at 6:58 pm

   my toolbar doesnt do that and it is enabled. It just stays as a regular minimized window.

   Reply
2. Jeffrey says:

   December 10, 2007 at 3:09 pm

   having the same problem as chris, i have the toolbar enabled and it just minimizes regularly, been googling for a fix all day cant find one. anyone have any suggestions?

   Reply
3. Andrew says:

   January 4, 2008 at 10:50 am

   http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t47059.html

   See message from HitSquad

   Reply
4. john smith says:

   March 17, 2008 at 12:15 am

   THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH.

   Reply
5. fareyus says:

   August 3, 2008 at 11:27 am

   thx for guid

   Reply
6. shockfast says:

   January 18, 2009 at 1:51 am

   Hi,when i Right-click the taskbar, point at Toolbars,i do not find the windows media player toolbar option there…….I use to have it before and was enabled also,now something happened and its gone and also my recycle bin does not show a paper in the icon when i delete something plz help me…………my email is

   shockfast@yahoo.in

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7. xuxu says:

   June 13, 2009 at 3:36 am

   Hey, I’ve got same problem as shockfast and though I did try the solution by Squad, it just doesn’t work. Can anybody help me?

   thanks.

   Reply