Can I have two versions of Windows Media Player on my computer?

Question

A while back I downloaded the updated Windows Media Player and hated it. I did a system restore to get back the old one. I am a member of Netflix, and to watch their movies online they say I have to have the new version. Is there a way to download the new version and only use it for watching these movies, and still have the old version to listen to MP3s and such?

Answer 1

no if u had WMP 10 and downloaded WMP11 that's classified as "an update to a program alraedy existing"

Answer 2

Windows media player does not play all video file types and therefore you need to install different codecs etc

Why not install Gomplayer as the alternative 2nd player.

Gomplayer is free and does play everything you want it to play

http://www.gomplayer.com/whatisgom.html

Answer 3

I think you can have two version of Windows Media Player on your pc. To install The other version of windows media player change it's location.