Corrupted windows media player?

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I found out a few days ago that my windows media player on my laptop got corrupted. it reads every wideo in inverted colors and i cant fix it. i scanned for viruses and got nothing, so i was going to delete it and redownload a new one. Problem is that it wont let me delete it because i dont have permission to make changes to it because i dont have permission from some company, (didnt say microsoft) and i also couldnt redownload a new on ebecause on the windows website it doenst give you a download button it just says that it is included in windows 7. what do i do?
 

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well i use microsoft security essentials, and i scan my computer about once a week or more and update the virus deffinitions regularly. i think its per,issions from the company who actually made media player, other than microsoft.
@ mayancleoboy well i also would like to delete it if i get a new media player because i cant figure out how to get it to switch to other media player (for example quick time) as the default. i also cant delete it that is the main issue.\
@ truegeneous um, im on windows 7, i see no view button on the window for wmplayer...
 
Click start>default programs to switch default program

And there is view button on WMP

Click on the icon in red circle to go to Library mode

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Right click on blank and you see "view"

You can enable top bar with view>show menu bar so things stay there.
 

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o open up an old thread, but i decided to look at vlc media player, anyone know whether or not the exe installer has anything unhealthy for my computer on it? i was going to download it on my grandparents desktop because the windows media player cant decode a dvd for some reason and i cant buy plugins for it. also i still havent gotten around to getting it for my own laptop, oh, and i aksed about the securioty becaue im not so sure about the dependancy of their antivirus...