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Windows Media Player 11

Force Windows Media Player to Stay on Top

SUMMARY: Tired of watching movies with Windows Media Player 11 and having other windows vie for your attention?

While watching movies with Windows Media Player 11, depending on your system configuration and applications open, other windows may sometimes vie for your immediate attention. In doing so, your movie may become fully or partially covered by these windows or dialog boxes.

To help prevent this from happening you can force Windows Media Player 11 to stay on top of other windows.

1. Press "ALT", "T", then "O" to access the options menu.

2. When the "Options" multi-tabbed dialog box appears, select the "Player" tab.

3. Check "Keep the Player on top of other windows".

Enabling Windows Media Player 11's "Keep the Player on top of other windows" option.

4. Click "OK" to close the dialog box.