How to download New Visualizations for Windows Media Player 12

Description: Windows Media Player comes with standard Visualizations. These are the graphics and patterns that show during music play when in the Now Playing Mode. Microsoft allows for users to download new visualizations for Windows Media Player. This article will detail the steps on how to accomplish that.

  1. Click on the Start button in the bottom left corner of the screen.
    Windows Start Button
  2. Click All Programs.
    Windows Start Menu
  3. Click Windows Media Player.
    Windows Media Player
  4. In the upper left corner of Windows Media Player, click Organize.
    Organize
  5. Click Options.
    Options
  6. When the Options window opens, click the Plug-ins tab.
    Plug Ins
  7. Click Look for visualizations on the web.
    Visualizations
  8. This will open a Microsoft webpage. When the desired visualization is found, click the Download link below the visualization.
    Visualizations on Web
  9. If prompted to Run, Save or Cancel the file, click Run.
    Downloaded File, Run
  10. Go back to Windows Media Player and notice under Visualization the newly downloaded visualization.
    Choose Visualization
  11. Click OK when finished.
    OK to save changes

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