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You will still get the free app if you perform an upgrade and choose to delete files, apps and settings during Windows 10 setup.įurther, if you're part of the Windows 10 Insider Preview (like myself), and you upgraded to the Preview from an eligible version of Windows 7 or 8, you have some pain ahead of you:

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If you perform a clean install by formatting your disc rather than upgrade, you will not get the free app. You must upgrade your PC to Windows 10 to get the free app. Much in the same way that you need to upgrade from Windows 7 or 8 to get your free Windows 10 licence, you need to be somewhat careful if you want your free copy of Windows DVD Player. Compare feature set with Windows DVD Player pictured above.

It doesn't play Blu-ray discs, it doesn't play VOB backups from your hard drive, and, well, it basically doesn't replicate any of Media Center's useful features (DVR, image slideshows, media organisation, etc.) AdvertisementĮnlarge / Windows Media Center. The official screenshot at the top of the story says it all: this app really is just a bland blue box that plays DVDs when you slot one in.

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Likewise, if you bought a full Windows 10 Home or Pro licence, or a new Windows 10 computer, you won't be eligible to download the DVD Player app for free.įor almost 12 of your good pounds, you'd expect the Windows DVD Player to be a polished, feature-rich replacement for Media Center. Now, the good news: if your computer had Media Center before the upgrade (most versions of Windows 7, or Windows 8/8.1 with Media Center), you will be credited with a free copy of Windows DVD Player. In practice, this means that most people upgrading from Windows 7 will have access to the Windows DVD Player app for free, while most Windows 8 upgraders won't. Media Center is the main one, but you'll be dismayed to hear that Solitaire, Minesweeper, and Hearts have also been removed. If you visit the Windows 10 upgrade website, and then click the 'Windows 10 specifications' link in the small print at the bottom of the page, there's a big list of deprecated features. Microsoft doesn't exactly hide the fact that Windows 10 forcibly deprecates Media Center, but the information isn't in the most obvious of locations either. Updated: A number of commenters are reporting that the Windows 10 upgrade tool does warn you that you're about to lose Windows Media Center. It costs the princely sum of £11.59, or $14.99/€14,89 if you live in the terrifyingly parched wastes outside Blighty. In its place, a new app called Windows DVD Player has been added to the Windows Store. If you partake in Microsoft's free upgrade offer from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10, Windows Media Center will be removed without warning.

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