Embedded Control Does Not Fire Click Events on Windows XP (310355)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Media Player for Windows XP Home Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player for Windows XP Professional
This article was previously published under Q310355

SYMPTOMS

The Windows Media Player embedded control does not fire click events on Windows XP.

CAUSE

Windows Media Player is not forwarding the WM_LBUTTONDOWN message to Microsoft Internet Explorer when it is running on Windows XP. This is because the video mixing renderer is not aware of any mouse activity and does not get involved with forwarding windows messages to Internet Explorer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/30/2003
Keywords:kbenv kbprb KB310355
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