Windows Media Player is available for the Windows and Windows Phone operating systems. Use this table to find the right Player version for your system. (If you've got a Mac, you can download Windows Media Components for QuickTime to play Windows Media files.) Which version of Windows am I running?
Operating system/browser
Player version
How to get it
Windows 7
Windows Media Player 12 Learn more
Included in Windows 7 Starter, Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions.
For Windows 7 N or KN editions, download the Media Feature Pack.
Windows Vista
Windows Media Player 11 Learn more
Included in Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, Business, and Enterprise editions.
For N and KN editions, download Windows Media Player 11 (for Windows XP).
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and SP3
Download for 64-bit * * Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP (64-bit) is designed to work with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
For N and KN editions, download Windows Media Player 11.
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2
Windows Media Player 10
Windows Phone
Windows Media Player Mobile Learn more
Included as part of Windows Phone.
Mac OS X
Windows Media Components for QuickTime Learn more
Firefox
Windows Media Player ActiveX control for Firefox
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