Using Plug-Ins and Extensions

Windows Media Player supports plug-ins—software add-ins that enhance existing features or add new ones. With relative ease, you can find a wide selection of supported plug-ins for Windows Media Player from Microsoft and from third parties. Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger Plug-in, for example, allows you to display the name of the currently playing track along with your name and online status in a Windows Live Messenger window. You can find this and many other plug-ins at Microsoft’s Windows Media Plug-ins site at http://www.wmplugins.com.

To work with installed plug-ins, choose Tools, Plug-ins, and select from the menu. To adjust the configuration of a plug-in, choose Tools, Plug-ins, Options. Select a category ...

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