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How can I prevent Windows Media Player (WMP) from processing HTML scripts contained within media files?
John Savill
July 22, 2002
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A. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-032 ("26 June 2002 Cumulative Patch for Windows Media Player") identifies several version-specific patches to secure WMP against script attacks. To manually disable WMP's HTML-processing feature, perform the following steps:
Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftMediaPlayerPreferences subkey.
From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD Value.
Enter a name of PlayerScriptCommandsEnabled, then press Enter.
Double-click the new value, set it to 0 to prevent WMP from processing HTML scripts in media files, then click OK.
Close the registry editor.
Restart WMP.
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